Board of Trustees Report to the Constituencies 1997 Volunteers Volunteer Alice Kramer visits with a dialysis patient. Mission The department of Medical Center and Childrenâs Hospital volunteer services prepares volunteers to provide efficient, effective, and humanistic volunteer services which offers an extra dimension of care and service to patients, families, and visitors, and supportive assistance for the staff. 1997 highlights Created a new program to involve community awareness of patientsâ needs by sewing heart pillows for cardiac patients Created a new program to involve community awareness of the patientsâ needs by knitting lap blankets for oncology patients A total of 2,652 hours were provided by volunteers at the 1997 annual Health Fair Expo. New volunteer programs were started in the following areas: bereavement; cancer resources; Family Medicine Center; International Circle of Care; primary care; radiation medicine; social work; wound clinic A total of 2,872 hours were provided by 463 volunteers at the 1997 Kids Care Fair. The number of ãSpecial Friendsœ of Childrenâs Hospital was increased to 675. These are community schools, churches, Scout groups, and individuals who participate in a variety of programs to assist with the needs of the patients. Statistics Volunteer LLUMC LLUCH Combined Individuals 861 770 1,631 Areas 79 39 118 Hours 94,033 101,040 195,073   University | Medical_Center | LLU&MC_home | Search_&_index | News_&_events | Employment | Contact | Our_mission All contents copyright © 2001 Loma Linda University. All rights reserved. Revised Wednesday, March 21, 2001 4:27 PM Send comments and questions to webmaster@univ.llu.edu URL: http: //www.llu.edu