Yes I volunteered many times.
My first volunteer job was in Pennypack in the mid 50's. They had a clinic there that was open on Wednesdays. I was the receptionist. Parents could bring their children in and get vaccinations and regular check ups. I was a teenager and I worked there one day a week. I worked as S.S. Kresge's on weekends. I enjoyed both.
The next volunteer job was in Hanover Park in a similar position. Cook County called it a well baby clinic. My kids were all in school. I did that for about a year. Then they discontinued the clinic.
The next voluteer job was at the Hanover Park library. It was an all volunteer staff. My friend Audrey got me into that. One day a week I was a regular librarian (like Marion Peru in the Music Man) I really enjoyed it. They ran a referendum to open a real library and it passed. That was the end of that.
The next volunteer stint was with the Boy Scouts of America. My son John wanted to be a scout. They needed den mothers, so I became a den mother. Actually the whole family was in the Boy Scouts. I did that for six years while my two sons were in the Boy Scouts.
I was also a Brownie Leader and a girl Scout co-leader. I became a brownie leader because my daughter wanted to be in Girl Scouts. So had I as a kid, but they couldn't get any Mom's to be leaders. My mom worked full time and none of the other mothers cared. When it came time for our Sandy to join scouting, she didn't want to. She had already been in scouting most of her life.
I volunteered at a local mental health clinic, for about a year. Then I had to go back to work.
After my kids were grown I volunteered at a local hospital. I don't exactly remember what I did at that hospital but I was there for about a year when a new hospital opened up that was closer to my home so I went there to volunteer.
I started at the new hospital one day a week on Wednesday and it became five days a week. They were setting up computer programs and data had to be input to convert to the computer programs. My job experience made that ideal for me. I enjoyed it. The most fun we had was the transcriptions. I was in the medical records office. We had two girls who transcribed doctors' dictaphone messages. Often we had a lively discussion about what the doctor called the diagnosis. Some of them were foreigners and their English on the dictaphone was at best fuzzy. Mom died while I had that job. It got me through her loss.
I had planned to volunteer at the local hospital after I retired. My husband was against it. It was a battle I chose not to fight.
My first volunteer job was in Pennypack in the mid 50's. They had a clinic there that was open on Wednesdays. I was the receptionist. Parents could bring their children in and get vaccinations and regular check ups. I was a teenager and I worked there one day a week. I worked as S.S. Kresge's on weekends. I enjoyed both.
The next volunteer job was in Hanover Park in a similar position. Cook County called it a well baby clinic. My kids were all in school. I did that for about a year. Then they discontinued the clinic.
The next voluteer job was at the Hanover Park library. It was an all volunteer staff. My friend Audrey got me into that. One day a week I was a regular librarian (like Marion Peru in the Music Man) I really enjoyed it. They ran a referendum to open a real library and it passed. That was the end of that.
The next volunteer stint was with the Boy Scouts of America. My son John wanted to be a scout. They needed den mothers, so I became a den mother. Actually the whole family was in the Boy Scouts. I did that for six years while my two sons were in the Boy Scouts.
I was also a Brownie Leader and a girl Scout co-leader. I became a brownie leader because my daughter wanted to be in Girl Scouts. So had I as a kid, but they couldn't get any Mom's to be leaders. My mom worked full time and none of the other mothers cared. When it came time for our Sandy to join scouting, she didn't want to. She had already been in scouting most of her life.
I volunteered at a local mental health clinic, for about a year. Then I had to go back to work.
After my kids were grown I volunteered at a local hospital. I don't exactly remember what I did at that hospital but I was there for about a year when a new hospital opened up that was closer to my home so I went there to volunteer.
I started at the new hospital one day a week on Wednesday and it became five days a week. They were setting up computer programs and data had to be input to convert to the computer programs. My job experience made that ideal for me. I enjoyed it. The most fun we had was the transcriptions. I was in the medical records office. We had two girls who transcribed doctors' dictaphone messages. Often we had a lively discussion about what the doctor called the diagnosis. Some of them were foreigners and their English on the dictaphone was at best fuzzy. Mom died while I had that job. It got me through her loss.
I had planned to volunteer at the local hospital after I retired. My husband was against it. It was a battle I chose not to fight.
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