During a typical year, volunteers donate nearly 25,000 hours of service to the hospital. Consider joining the team of adult and junior volunteers who have a positive impact on delivering quality patient care every day.
Applications can either be sent via email or mail.
Email:
Laura Wilcox, Program Volunteer Services
lwilcox2@covh.org
Mail:
St. Joseph Hospital, Volunteer Services, 172 Kinsley Street, Nashua, NH 03060
We offer a wide variety of volunteer opportunities at St. Joseph Hospital. Some may vary in availability. Opportunities include:
To ensure a safe and enjoyable environment for our patients and staff, volunteers must complete the following before being approved:
Although applications are accepted all year round, we only onboard Junior Volunteers once a year. An informational session is usually held in April, and a confirmation email will be sent out to the applicant in advance. The Junior Volunteer Program is a year-long program. We ask for once a week, three hour shifts. All Junior Volunteers must:
We value your skills, talent, and dedication to St. Joseph Hospital, which is why volunteers receive the following:
December 1, 2022
St. Joseph Hospital’s Pet Therapy Program is back! And if Michele Canto, Manager of Volunteer Services, has anything to say about it, it will be better than ever. Before the pandemic, the hospital boasted nine dog/handler teams, regularly connecting with and comforting patients in the Cancer Center, Emergency Department and Rehabilitation Unit and visiting with staff members.
Michele explains, “In August, we decided it was the right time to revive the program, invite therapy teams to return to our community and get back to PAWSitive healing.”