Volunteer opportunities include: - Friendly visitor - Reading to residents, helping to write letters playing games, visiting or pet visits. - Assisting at Activities - Bingo, cards, crafts - Presenting programs- Special music - Assisting residents around the building and from activities or programs around the building. - Staff our Gift Shop and helping with coffee hour

Auxiliary Individuals ages 18 and older participate in activities which benefit patients and their families. Opportunities include: - Helping with fundraising events throughout the year - Serving free refreshments to patients' family members - Sewing items for patient comfort and infant care - Staffing the hospital's auxiliary gift shop including welcoming guests who are visiting or staying at the hospital and assisting in gift shop operations including stocking shelves, assisting customers to find gifts and working the cash register Volunteers in Patient Care (VIPs) Individuals ages 16 and older provide direct service to patients and their families in a patient care setting. Opportunities include: - Assisting employees at special events - Canine Companions: Certified/registered dogs and handlers visit patients, family members and caregivers - Encouraging relief and healing through artistic activities, entertainment including providing gentle and relaxing music, crafts, and aromatherapy - Giving patients, family members, caregivers and visitors hand complimentary massages - Helping patients, families and guests navigate patient care buildings and services - Offering spiritual ministry to patients, family members, caregivers and more - Providing emotional and informational support to women diagnosed with breast cancer - Socializing with patients, family members and guests Volunteers must commit to a minimum of 1 year of service and 25 hours of volunteer time.

Long-term care center which provides: - 24-hour skilled nursing care with private and double rooms where individuals can bring their own furniture - 3 healthy meals a day - Behavioral and mental health - Chaplain Services: Spiritual care - Dressing, grooming, and daily needs services - Hospice Care: End-of-life care along with skilled nursing care - Laundry services - Physicians and medical providers who make "house calls" - Respite Care: Temporary care when normal caregiver isn't available - Social services - Transitional Care (23-Bed Unit): Temporary care when hospital-level care isn't needed but patients aren't ready to go home, like after a surgery or accident - Wellness Program: Helps keep residents active and doing exercises after therapy sessions - Volunteer opportunities for individuals ages 14 and older include helping at meal time, organizing activities or visiting.

33-bed long-term care nursing home which provides: 24-hour skilled nursing care Behavioral and mental health Chaplain Services: Spiritual care Hospice Care: End-of-life care along with skilled nursing care Intergenerational Programming: Encourages youth and older adults to connect Nurse practitioner services 2 days a week for more complex medical needs Pet therapy Physical, occupational and speech-language therapy Respite Care: Temporary care when normal caregiver isn't available Restorative Programming: Helps keep residents active and doing exercises after therapy sessions Social services Therapeutic Activities: Exercises and memory activities Transitional Care: Temporary care when hospital-level care isn't needed but patients aren't ready to go home, like after a surgery or accident Volunteer opportunities for individuals ages 14 and older include helping at meal time, organizing activities or visiting.

Opportunities may include emergency department, hospice, hospitality, patient escort, pre-med opportunities or Prince of Peace.

Volunteer opportunities include: - Friendly visitor - Reading to residents, helping to write letters playing games, visiting or pet visits. - Assisting at Activities - Bingo, cards, crafts - Presenting programs- Special music - Assisting residents around the building and from activities or programs around the building. - Staff our Gift Shop and helping with coffee hour

Volunteer opportunities include: - Clerical: Help with filing and other administrative tasks - Hospice: Patient companionship, respite for family/caregivers and/or clerical duties - Long-term Care: Activities and/or visitation with residents

Volunteer opportunities including: admitting, book cart, central supply, chaplaincy, coffee shop, family service, flower delivery, gift shop, hospice Duluth, hospitality care, information desk, ICU waiting area library, messenger service, nursing units, patient services, physical medicine, surgical waiting, urgent care, and others.

- Detroit Lakes Volunteer Advisry Committee helps raise money to fund special projects for Essentia Health Saint Mary's - Detroit Lakes facilities. Many of the projects improve patient and resident care. - Escorting patients - Gift shop - Help desk (greet guests and answer questions) - Mailings and special office projects - Pastoral care group

- Comfort cart (hand out items like magazines, earbuds, lip balm and eye masks) - Department specific help (Cancer Center, endoscopy, Joint Trails Unit and radiation therapy) - Escorting patients or concierge - Gift shop - Help desk (greet guests and answer questions) - Mailings and special office projects - Patient advocate (ask what patients need to make their stay more comfortable) - Piano playing - Popping popcorn in cafeteria - Quilt making, book bag assembly - Saint Joseph's Medical Center Auxiliary fundraising for special projects that improve patient care and comfort, and provide scholarships to nursing students

Volunteer opportunities include: - Friendly visitor - Reading to residents, helping to write letters playing games, visiting or pet visits. - Assisting at Activities - Bingo, cards, crafts - Presenting programs- Special music - Assisting residents around the building and from activities or programs around the building. - Staff our Gift Shop and helping with coffee hour

Volunteer opportunities include: - Friendly visitor - Reading to residents, helping to write letters playing games, visiting or pet visits. - Assisting at Activities - Bingo, cards, crafts - Presenting programs- Special music - Assisting residents around the building and from activities or programs around the building. - Staff our Gift Shop and helping with coffee hour

- Assist in health care departments - Chaplaincy - Gift shop - Office support - Pet therapy - Piano playing - Wayfinding (navigating assistance)

- Assist Hospice patients and families - Assist in health care departments - Greet and escort patients and visitors - Help coordinate fundraising events and projects - Help with administrative work - Provide pet therapy - Stock supplies - Volunteer in a gift shop