STPH Junior Volunteers Gaining Experience
20 STUDENTS GAIN FIRST-HAND EXPERIENCE
AS STPH STUDENT VOLUNTEERS
COVINGTON - St. Tammany Parish Hospital Guest Services Department has welcomed 20 area youths to its ranks as part of the 2014 Student Volunteer program, which runs from June 16 through July 25.
Students from age 15-20 applied for the program to assist with and be exposed to clinical and office settings at the hospital.
Student Volunteers will serve at least eight hours per week, which can be divided into half-day shifts twice a week or in full one day in departments ranging from the Outpatient Pavilion to Home Health and Hospice, Community Wellness Center to Cardiac Rehab.
The 2014 Student Volunteers are Luke Avenel, Jeffrey Bodin, Caroline Brantley, Megan Bridges, Elizabeth Carter, Jack Cheng, Ashley Davis, Rutger Fury, Nick Gordon, Oliver Guice, Caitlyn Hoerner, Gabrielle Kerkow, Olivia McClendon, Natalie Phillips, Daniel Provenzano, Thomas Ruli, Alexis Sembera, Trista Simmons, Briggs Simpson and Ben Toups.
“The Student Volunteer program is a great opportunity for our area’s youth not only to give back to the community but help expose them to a potential career path,” said Volunteer Coordinator Shirley Primes.
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A full-service acute care facility committed to providing world-class healthcare and the latest technology, St. Tammany Parish Hospital delivers today’s life-improving procedures with the utmost care to area residents with emphasis on wellness, preventive care and disease management close to home. STPH is a self-supporting not-for-profit community hospital; it receives no tax funding. STPH.org
PHOTO IDENTIFICATION: Seated, from left, Alexis Sembera, Gabrielle Kerkow, Trista Simmons, Elizabeth Carter, Natalie Phillips, Ashley Davis, Megan Bridges, Olivia McClendon, Caroline Brantley and Caitlyn Hoerner; and, standing, Nick Gordon, Jeffrey Bodin, Jack Cheng, Daniel Provenzano, Rutger Fury, Volunteer Coordinator Shirley Primes, Briggs Simpson, Luke Avenel, Oliver Guice, Thomas Ruli and Ben Toups.