Needs From: Barrington Area Volunteer Connection

Make a lasting impression, and put our patients and visitors at ease!

Assist us in the main lobby by greeting patients and taking them to their destination. 

All volunteers complete training to prepare them for safe volunteering. Volunteers are required to wear hospital-provided eyewear and masks for the duration of their shift. Volunteers are also screened for COVID symptoms prior to each shift. 

To learn more about our program and to apply, please visit our website.

We look forward to having you on our team! 

Support our clinical team by performing non-clinical tasks on our inpatient nursing units.

Duties include:

Stocking supplies Passing water/warm blankets to patients (non-COVID and non-isolation rooms only) Answering phones Clerical tasks Assist with discharges (wheelchair transport) Disinfecting high-touch areas

All volunteers complete training to prepare them for safe volunteering. Volunteers are required to wear hospital-provided eyewear and masks for the duration of their shift. Volunteers are also screened for COVID symptoms prior to each shift. 

To learn more about our program and to apply, please visit our website.

We look forward to having you on our team! 

 

Do you like attending to customers, helping them find treasures and want to be part of something amazing!? Then join Catchpenny! 

Our beautiful high-end boutique-style resale shop has been serving the community for close to 50 years! It is managed by our hospital auxiliary. Proceeds from the store support a number of auxiliary-sponsored programs such as healthcare scholarship, patient comfort items and more!

Volunteers at the store help at checkout, process donations and restock merchandise. And often spot great finds for themselves :) Check out the store website here: https://catchpennyresaleshoppe.com/ 

Our store follows all safety guidelines during COVID. Customers are required to wear masks and sanitize hands. We frequently disinfect high-touch areas throughout the day and all donations have to be quarantined for five days before processing. Store workers and volunteers are screened prior to reporting for their shift and also wear masks at all times. 

To learn more about our program and to apply, please visit our website.

We look forward to having you on our team! 

Our needs and available assignments change frequently. 

To learn more about our program and available position, and to apply, please visit our website.

We look forward to having you on our team! 

 

Come and join our Smart Farm located in Barrington at Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital! The Smart Farm donates over 21,000 pounds of produce a year to local food pantries. The farm grows 40-50 crops and 100-150 varieties. There are no animals on the farm.

We are looking for volunteers to provide gardening support to the Smart Farm to help cultivate a healthy, eco-friendly community. 

It's a seasonal assignment from April through the end of October.

We have three different roles available:

Smart Farm field support - volunteers help with planting, weeding, watering, harvesting etc. Volunteers come once a week for a 2-4-hour shift Mon - Fri between 7am – 4pm during the months of mid-April through October (weather-dependent). It’s an activity that requires standing, walking and frequently kneeling on your knees. Volunteers don’t drive tractors or operate electrical/motorized equipment.

Smart Farm flower support - volunteers harvest flowers, learning how / when to cut different species; fill buckets with water, gathering supplies; create bouquets.

Smart Farm stands – we offer our produce for sale at a farm stand. The stand is open at the farm every Friday and at the hospital alternating Thursdays (mid-June through mid-October). Volunteers help with produce set-up and take-down, selecting and bagging produce, as well as processing credit card and cash payments.

We accept summer-only volunteers for this role.

Smart Farm volunteers are Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital volunteers and are required to complete our volunteer onboarding process. To learn more and apply, click here.