Volunteers & Auxiliary Celebration

On Wednesday, We had a fantastic time at the annual Volunteer & Auxiliary dinner. Jeri G,., our fearless Director along with her team put on a great dinner and celebration. Thank you to our Ann our President along with her executive team as well. Here are some great stats on our 2009 Volunteer Stats:

- 803 Volunteers
- 109,494 hours - the equivalent of 53 full time employees

- 77% Female, 23% Male
- 48% Live in Missouri; 42% in Kansas
- 32 Married couples
- 14 is the age of the youngest and the oldest is 95
- 70 SJ Departments/Units served by the volunteers
- 26,339 Jitney riders (patient transport from parking lot)
- 62.348 Visitors greeted by the Ambassadors
- 48,388 Phone calls answered at the Information Desk
- 7,317 Visits by the Patient Reprepresentatives
-21,653 Visits by Spiritual Care
- 6,155 Cheer cards, flowers and mail delivered to the patients
- 28,120 Transport patient trips and errands
- 9 Dogs, 2 Cats and a Bunny visited 7, 982 patients, visitors and staff
- 1,182 Visits by Caring Touch Volunteers
- 1,680 Items created by the Sewing Committee
- 20,000 Each of Blood Bands and Blood Tubes assembled
- 42,893 Gift Shop Customers served

- 11 volunteers with over 8,000 hours of service and one with over 18,000: these 11 make-up over 56 years of full time hours

Our volunteers and auxiliary represent the core of what our Sister of St. Joseph started over 135 years ago.

A toast to our volunteers and Auxiliary - I appreciate all your dedication and loyalty.

I look forward to hearing from you.