Needs From: Viterbo University

Volunteer: Calling all Public Health students!

Our access to food, safe housing, transportation, financial resources and social connections directly impacts our health. These social and environmental factors, also known as Social Determinants (or Drivers) of Health, are one of Emplify Health by Gundersen's public health priorities. Emplify is taking an active role to understand and address these needs for the patients we serve.

Community Resource Connector volunteers, or CRC's, are specially trained volunteers who support this work. CRC's work in partnership with our Office of Population Health staff and community organizations to connect patients with resources to address their social needs, such as transportation, mental health, housing, food, financial, and social support. CRC's will:

Review patient referrals, based on a completed social needs assessment, from the care team. Communicate with patients to identify and understand needs. Utilize a resource database to connect patients with local resources in transportation, housing, food, financial and social support. Initiate contact with the community-based organization, depending on the patient’s desired level of support. Initiate follow up with patients to ensure they connect with the resources needed. Initiate communication back to the care team and/or other external organizations regarding patient needs, as needed.

This volunteer work takes place onsite at our Office of Population Health and shifts are available Monday - Friday between the hours of 8:00am - 5:00pm. CRC's commit to a service term of 2 semesters or 9 months, and a minimum of one 3-hour shift per week, as well as participate in 8+ hours of initial and ongoing training to learn the necessary skills, tools and workflows. Click the video link below to hear from some of our current CRC volunteers!

Hear from CRC volunteers!

This volunteer opportunity is open to anyone age 18 or over; participation is contingent upon completing an application and successful interview process

 

Agency: Emplify Health by Gundersen

Our access to food, safe housing, transportation, financial resources and social connections directly impacts our health. These social and environmental factors, also known as Social Determinants (or Drivers) of Health, are one of Emplify Health by Gundersen's public health priorities. Emplify is taking an active role to understand and address these needs for the patients we serve.

Community Resource Connector volunteers, or CRC's, are specially trained volunteers who support this work. CRC's work in partnership with our Office of Population Health staff and community organizations to connect patients with resources to address their social needs, such as transportation, mental health, housing, food, financial, and social support. CRC's will:

Review patient referrals, based on a completed social needs assessment, from the care team. Communicate with patients to identify and understand needs. Utilize a resource database to connect patients with local resources in transportation, housing, food, financial and social support. Initiate contact with the community-based organization, depending on the patient’s desired level of support. Initiate follow up with patients to ensure they connect with the resources needed. Initiate communication back to the care team and/or other external organizations regarding patient needs, as needed.

This volunteer work takes place onsite at our Office of Population Health and shifts are available Monday - Friday between the hours of 8:00am - 5:00pm. CRC's commit to a service term of 2 semesters or 9 months, and a minimum of one 3-hour shift per week, as well as participate in 8+ hours of initial and ongoing training to learn the necessary skills, tools and workflows. Click the video link below to hear from some of our current CRC volunteers!

Hear from CRC volunteers!

This volunteer opportunity is open to anyone age 18 or over; participation is contingent upon completing an application and successful interview process

 

Agency: Emplify Health by Gundersen

Need Type: Volunteer

Date: Is Ongoing

Zip Code: 54601

Allow Groups: No

Volunteer: Gift Shop Volunteers Needed!

Help provide a little retail therapy in the Gift Shop! We are looking for more volunteers at our La Crosse hospital campus Gift Shop at the following times:

Thursday mornings 9:00am - 1:00pmTuesday evenings 4:30pm - 6:30pmSaturdays 11:00am - 1:00pm or 1:00pm - 3:00pm

If you'd like to learn more about the Gift Shop team, please submit an online interest form: https://www.gundersenhealth.org/careers/volunteer-services 

Agency: Emplify Health by Gundersen

Help provide a little retail therapy in the Gift Shop! We are looking for more volunteers at our La Crosse hospital campus Gift Shop at the following times:

Thursday mornings 9:00am - 1:00pmTuesday evenings 4:30pm - 6:30pmSaturdays 11:00am - 1:00pm or 1:00pm - 3:00pm

If you'd like to learn more about the Gift Shop team, please submit an online interest form: https://www.gundersenhealth.org/careers/volunteer-services 

Agency: Emplify Health by Gundersen

Need Type: Volunteer

Date: Is Ongoing

Zip Code: 54601

Allow Groups: No

Volunteer: Help transport patients around the hospital

Looking for a new way to be physically active while helping others in your community? Join our Transport Services team at the La Crosse campus! You would work as a team with other volunteers to provide wheelchairs transports throughout the hospital and clinic buildings. 

Complete an interest form to learn more: https://www.gundersenhealth.org/careers/volunteer-services 

Agency: Emplify Health by Gundersen

Looking for a new way to be physically active while helping others in your community? Join our Transport Services team at the La Crosse campus! You would work as a team with other volunteers to provide wheelchairs transports throughout the hospital and clinic buildings. 

Complete an interest form to learn more: https://www.gundersenhealth.org/careers/volunteer-services 

Agency: Emplify Health by Gundersen

Need Type: Volunteer

Date: Is Ongoing

Zip Code: 54601

Allow Groups: No

Volunteer: Help patients and families at the hospital

Looking for a way to help lots of people? Consider joining our Lobby Ambassador volunteer team!

What are the responsibilities?
We are looking for new Lobby Ambassador volunteers to provide a warm welcome to patients and visitors arriving to the clinic and hospital entrances at the La Crosse campus. Responsibilities include wayfinding to elevators and units after the visitor has checked in with staff, providing wheelchair transports if needed, and engaging with visitors to answer basic questions.

Volunteers approach patients and visitors who enter our building and provide assistance, so you are often the very first person they meet, which makes this a great opportunity to spread kindness and positivity.

If there aren’t any patients or visitors to assist, Lobby Ambassadors help with other patient experience-related tasks such as organizing and sanitizing wheelchairs, delivering flowers and other items to patient rooms, and other tasks within scope.

Why is this important?
We take pride in offering an outstanding patient experience to all who enter our doors. Our La Crosse campus is large and can be difficult to navigate, especially if someone is feeling nervous or is new to this location. Lobby Ambassadors help make patients and visitors feel supported and cared for from the moment they enter our doors.

Want to learn more and get started? Fill out your Interest Form:

Volunteer application - Gundersen Health System

Agency: Emplify Health by Gundersen

Looking for a way to help lots of people? Consider joining our Lobby Ambassador volunteer team!

What are the responsibilities?
We are looking for new Lobby Ambassador volunteers to provide a warm welcome to patients and visitors arriving to the clinic and hospital entrances at the La Crosse campus. Responsibilities include wayfinding to elevators and units after the visitor has checked in with staff, providing wheelchair transports if needed, and engaging with visitors to answer basic questions.

Volunteers approach patients and visitors who enter our building and provide assistance, so you are often the very first person they meet, which makes this a great opportunity to spread kindness and positivity.

If there aren’t any patients or visitors to assist, Lobby Ambassadors help with other patient experience-related tasks such as organizing and sanitizing wheelchairs, delivering flowers and other items to patient rooms, and other tasks within scope.

Why is this important?
We take pride in offering an outstanding patient experience to all who enter our doors. Our La Crosse campus is large and can be difficult to navigate, especially if someone is feeling nervous or is new to this location. Lobby Ambassadors help make patients and visitors feel supported and cared for from the moment they enter our doors.

Want to learn more and get started? Fill out your Interest Form:

Volunteer application - Gundersen Health System

Agency: Emplify Health by Gundersen

Need Type: Volunteer

Date: Is Ongoing

Zip Code: 54601

Allow Groups: No

Volunteer: Become a Volunteer Advocate!

Are you searching for a way to work with persons who've experienced trauma?

Are you interested in being a source of support for victims and survivors of sexual assault and domestic violence? Consider becoming an on-call Volunteer Advocate responding to patients who present to our La Crosse campus Emergency Room during weekend or overnight hours. No previous experience is necessary. We will provide extensive training!

We are currently recruiting volunteers for our FALL 2025 training session

Volunteer Advocates work in conjunction with SANE (Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner) nurses, Emergency Room nurses, social workers, and providers to enable the patient to cope with an assault and make decisions about collection of forensic evidence, safety planning, and reporting to law enforcement.

To learn more, please submit an interest form here: Volunteer application - Gundersen Health System

Want to chat before you submit an interest form? Call our program coordinator Erica at 608-775-3294 or email erica.pichette@gundersenhealth.org

Agency: Emplify Health by Gundersen

Are you searching for a way to work with persons who've experienced trauma?

Are you interested in being a source of support for victims and survivors of sexual assault and domestic violence? Consider becoming an on-call Volunteer Advocate responding to patients who present to our La Crosse campus Emergency Room during weekend or overnight hours. No previous experience is necessary. We will provide extensive training!

We are currently recruiting volunteers for our FALL 2025 training session

Volunteer Advocates work in conjunction with SANE (Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner) nurses, Emergency Room nurses, social workers, and providers to enable the patient to cope with an assault and make decisions about collection of forensic evidence, safety planning, and reporting to law enforcement.

To learn more, please submit an interest form here: Volunteer application - Gundersen Health System

Want to chat before you submit an interest form? Call our program coordinator Erica at 608-775-3294 or email erica.pichette@gundersenhealth.org

Agency: Emplify Health by Gundersen

Need Type: Volunteer

Date: Is Ongoing

Zip Code: 54601

Allow Groups: No