{"id":134,"date":"2021-12-22T17:02:02","date_gmt":"2021-12-22T17:02:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wmidevsite.com\/mercyhealth\/?page_id=134"},"modified":"2025-06-10T11:04:34","modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T15:04:34","slug":"volunteer","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.mercyhealthclinic.org\/es\/donate-2\/volunteer\/","title":{"rendered":"Volunteer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Mercy Health Clinic was founded in 2000 by a small group of concerned citizens from Our Lady of Mercy Church and local physicians who wanted to provide medical care to our neighbors in Montgomery who did not have health insurance.<\/p>\n<p>Today, we leverage a small staff with the support of a volunteer corps of at least 45 physicians, who provide all of our specialty care, with the assistance other medical and administrative volunteers, all of whom make the vital work of Mercy Health Clinic possible. This volunteer corps is essential to meeting the comprehensive needs and capacity of our patient population.<\/p>\n<h3>We need your help.<\/h3>\n<p>We have opportunities to volunteer for both medical professionals and those with administrative skills (we especially need those with Spanish \/ English interpreting and translating skills).<\/p>\n<p>We would be unable to see patients on a consistent basis without our dedicated volunteers. Thank you for making our work possible!<\/p>\n<h3>Ongoing Volunteer Opportunities<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Medical Volunteers:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"S1PPyQ\">Physicians &#8211; most subspecialties needed including <\/span>gynecology, psychiatry, ophthalmology, and dermatology<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"S1PPyQ\">Therapists<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"S1PPyQ\">Physician&#8217;s Assistants\/Nurse Practitioners<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"S1PPyQ\">Pharmacists<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"S1PPyQ\">Nurses<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"S1PPyQ\">Medical Assistants\/Pharmacy techs<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"S1PPyQ\">Phlebotomists<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"S1PPyQ\">Medical Scribes<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"_04xlpA direction-ltr align-center para-style-body\"><span class=\"S1PPyQ\">Days and Times of Service:\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"S1PPyQ\">Mondays\/Wednesdays 8 am &#8211; 12 pm and 12:30 &#8211; 5 pm; and\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"S1PPyQ\">Tuesdays\/Thursdays 8 am &#8211; 12 pm, 12:30 &#8211; 5 pm, and 5 &#8211; 8 pm<\/span><\/p>\n<p>CONTACT: Lauri Harkins, Clinical Director by email to laureen.harkins@mercyhealthclinic.org\u00a0 OR<\/p>\n<p>Andrea Martinez, Volunteer Coordinator by email to volunteer.coordinator@mercyhealthclinic.org<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Office Volunteers:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Data entry and assistance with referrals to outside providers<\/li>\n<li>General and administrative volunteers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Bilingual (English\/Spanish) Opportunities:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Front Desk support \/ Rescheduling patient appointments<\/li>\n<li>Interpreters<\/li>\n<li>Eligibility volunteers &#8211; assist new \/ current patients with paperwork to needed to receive care at Mercy.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span class=\"S1PPyQ\">Days and Times of Service:\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"S1PPyQ\">Mondays\/Wednesdays 8 am &#8211; 12 pm and 12:30 &#8211; 5 pm; and\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"S1PPyQ\">Tuesdays\/Thursdays 8 am &#8211; 12 pm, 12:30 &#8211; 5 pm, and 5 &#8211; 8 pm<\/span><\/p>\n<p>CONTACT: Andrea Martinez, Volunteer Coordinator by email to volunteer.coordinator@mercyhealthclinic.org<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p class=\"_04xlpA direction-ltr align-center para-style-body\"><strong><span class=\"S1PPyQ\">Host a donation drive and collect items our patients need!<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"_04xlpA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"><span class=\"S1PPyQ\">Purchasing over the counter medications and first aid supplies can be a burden for our patients.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"S1PPyQ\">Over-the-counter medications\u00a0 are often prescribed to patients as first step treatments or part of a broader treatment plan but are often difficult for patients to afford. Donation drives allow us to have them available when needed!<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"_04xlpA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"><span class=\"S1PPyQ\">This is a perfect opportunity for groups and \/ or families with children. (SSL hours may be available for teens and tweens.)<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"_04xlpA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mercyhealthclinic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sample-List-of-Needed-Items-for-Donation-Drives-12.2023-1.pdf\">Sample-List-of-Needed-Items-for-Donation-Drives 12.2023<\/a>\u00a0(we will confirm our urgent needs with your group before you begin collecting items)<\/p>\n<p>CONTACT: Denise Fredericks, Director of Development at 240-773-0334 or by email to denise.fredericks@mercyhealthclinic.org\u00a0 OR<\/p>\n<p>Andrea Martinez, Volunteer Coordinator by email to volunteer.coordinator@mercyhealthclinic.org<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p class=\"_04xlpA direction-ltr align-center para-style-body\"><strong><span class=\"S1PPyQ\">Consider serving on our Board of Directors<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"_04xlpA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"><span class=\"S1PPyQ\">Mercy has opportunities for Board service. Directors can serve up to two 3-year terms, providing financial oversight, nominating new board members, and supporting fundraising.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>CONTACT: Mark Foraker, President and CEO by email to Mark.Foraker@mercyhealthclinic.org<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>You can fill out our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mercyhealthclinic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mercy-Volunteer-Application-6.2025.pdf\">Mercy Volunteer-Application 6.2025<\/a>\u00a0and<strong>\u00a0submit<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>with the subject line \u201cVOLUNTEER APPLICATION: Last name, First name\u201d\u00a0<\/strong>to Andrea Martinez, volunteer coordinator at <em>volunteer.coordinator@mercyhealthclinic.org.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>If you have any questions, other than those addressed above, please contact the volunteer coordinator via email or call 240-773-0305.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Mercy Health Clinic was founded in 2000 by a small group of concerned citizens from Our Lady of Mercy [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":126,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-134","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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