During National Volunteer Week, Mohawk Valley Health System (MVHS) celebrates its more than 60 volunteers from Sunday, April 20, to Saturday, April 26, 2025. MVHS volunteers donated more than 15,000 hours of their time and talent in 2024 to help MVHS patients, residents, families, employees and medical staff. In 2024, the MVHS Volunteer Association donated more than $48,000 to MVHS.
“I have been a volunteer with MVHS, and its legacy sites, for 21 years,” said Sharon Bliss, a volunteer with MVHS. “I deliver patient mail, help train new volunteers and for the last three years I was the chairperson of the Pillow Group, which is made up of sewing group volunteers from other communities, that make comfort pillows for MVHS patients. I enjoy what I do and hope I help make a difference for the patients here at the hospital.”
Volunteers assist in departments throughout MVHS, including the Wynn Hospital’s surgical waiting room, mailrooms, gift shop, hospital rounding, reception desk, cafeteria, patient/family escort and other departments when needed; the MVHS Foundation; Pastoral Care; the Rehabilitation and Nursing Center; community events and fund raisers and more.
“Our volunteers inspire me every day,” said Michele Dovi, manager of Volunteer Services at MVHS. “Our MVHS patients, visitors and staff benefit greatly from all of the services and assistance they provide. I encourage anyone who has a desire to help others to join our amazing group of volunteers.”
MVHS has openings for volunteers to assist in several departments. The assignments and work are flexible. Tasks that the MVHS volunteers assist with are providing information and directions at the reception desks, escorting patients and visitors at the Wynn Hospital, keeping families in the Surgery waiting room updated on their loved ones, providing customer and sales service in the gift shop and more.
For more information, please visit mvhealthsystem.org/volunteer.
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Photo Caption: Sharon Bliss, MVHS volunteer, makes deliveries to various departments at the Wynn Hospital.
