Time Commitment
When you sign up to volunteer for a day, we base our patient capacities on the
number volunteers for the whole day, and with the knowledge that people will take
breaks throughout the day and that sometimes things come up in life that must be
attended to. But, overall, we anticipate everyone who comes to volunteer will stay
for the whole day. Our clinics typically start in the early morning hours and end in
the late afternoon or early evening hours. If you can only come for part of the time
(half day or less), please let us know so we can plan accordingly. Please check the
specific information about set up, take down, and times of clinic operation for the
clinic you are participating in. We appreciate your commitment to those in need.
Medical & Non-Medical Volunteers Needed
Volunteers without relevant health care professional skills will be able to
volunteer in several other capacities. There are many jobs at the clinic that most
anyone can help with: patient registration, runners to help patients get where they
need to go, language translation (if you have language skills to offer), dental
sterilization, supply stocking and lay technicians in our vision lab. We ask that
you be flexible concerning your work assignment at the clinic. We have many jobs
that need to be filled; you might not be able to volunteer for a specific
assignment. Although we will do our best to honor location and assignment requests,
and will do our absolute best to accommodate any physical restrictions you might
have, general volunteers will mostly be assigned duties when they arrive based on
our greatest need at the time. We have to get the clinic operations up and running
each morning, so things can be very busy. You will find that it is easy to enjoy
working in wherever you end up at the clinic. You’ll get to meet new people
and make new friends!
Dress
We recommend volunteers wear modest, comfortable attire (scrubs are acceptable). All
volunteers are required to wear closed-toe shoes (we suggest shoes you can stand
comfortably in for long hours). No tank tops or offensive clothing are permitted.
More volunteer information regarding food, orientations, waivers, etc will be sent
3 weeks prior to the 1st clinic date.