Stormont Vail Health Flint Hills Auxiliary release
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The Auxiliary’s mission is to support the Flint Hills Campus through voluntary service, financial contributions, and promotion of community goodwill.
To accomplish this mission, the Auxiliary Volunteers staff two information desks and the Hospital Gift Shop. They assist visitors in finding their way to various appointments and locations within the facility, either by giving directions, escorting, or pushing the visitor in a wheelchair.
The Hospital Gift Shop is one of the ways that the Auxiliary raises money to fund events and equipment in support of the hospital and community. The other way is through fundraising events, such as holding the Collective Goods Sale, the upcoming Mum Sale and the upcoming Scrub Sale through our newest business partner, K-Scrubs. The Auxiliary supports the community through the use of local businesses.
We are a part of the Stormont Vail Health team, but are a separate non-profit organization established for the good of the patients and visitors of the facility. We exist to serve the community.
We support the Flint Hills Campus through donations of clothes for patients whose clothing is unusable after coming to the Emergency Room; monetary donations for new equipment like the Jaundice Meter for the newborns in the Women’s Center; and scholarships for students entering the healthcare field.
Our volunteers join the Auxiliary for a lot of reasons. Some have recently retired and want to do something useful with their newfound free time. Some want to meet new people and be helpful. Some want to get out of their house for a little while and do something different! But they all have one thing in common…they have the desire to give of themselves to help others! And in the process, we make new friends within the Auxiliary, and within the community.
At the end of our shift, we know that we have done something good for today. PLEASE, come and join us. We need volunteers! Just 4 hours any day of the week, morning or afternoon. Help us help our community! To join us, visit the Gift Shop and pick up an application.