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Studen olun er er now and riper n i h 1970 . A olun e lay h lu o edia ri a ien ic pene 1964. h ospi a - ase ch , “This association has continued to be a viable organization Every year, the Volunteer Association hosts the Health for 60 years, and the ability to grow with the health care Careers Symposium, which draws more than 200 high system has enabled the vision needed to provide both service school students, educators and counselors from throughout and nancial support.” the state. Over the years, volunteers have provided “Health Careers began in 1970 with a number of programs to meet the changing 63 students,” says Bowles. “Today, we have The mission of needs of those they serve. Some early services 250 students. At each symposium, we have UNC Health included a lending library, hair care and a hostwo keynote physicians who present various Care’s Volunteer Services is to pitality shop. topics, and we have sta from ancillary supassist the hospital In more recent years, the volunteers have port services speak about how their careers in its endeavors, added a tea service, which was started in 2007 interact with the particular eld of medicine to provide by a former cancer patient as a comfort for being discussed.” comprehensive oncology patients, and a program called No These student outreach programs not only health care to the communities it One Dies Alone to provide compassion and help young people understand career options serves and to support to patients who have no family present in health care, but they also provide opportuprovide a when their death is imminent. nities for UNC Health Care employees to get meaningful outlet Many of the volunteer programs are supinvolved in the community. for the human ported nancially through the proceeds raised at In 2011, volunteers gave more than 106,000 need to be of service to others. the two hospital gift shops and through a numhours of service, a remarkable number made ber of fundraisers. Since 1962, the Volunteer even more so by the fact that some volunteers Association has donated more than $912,500 have been involved for many years, includfrom these sales and events for scholarships supporting nursing one woman who has made sock monkeys for patients ing students, allied health professions, hospital employees, for 19 years. To recognize the e orts of those who serve, the junior volunteers and college student volunteers. Elaine M. Hill Award for Distinguished Volunteer Service was established in 1990 and named after a former director of the Fostering the Future of Health Care Volunteer Association. “Each indiStudent outreach is an important part of the volunteer providual who has received this award gram. “Our college student volunteer program currently has excelled in all areas of theVolunteer more than 800 students participating in 70 areas of service,” Association mission,” says Bowles, F I R S T says Bowles. “Ours is also one of the only hospitals in the area “which is to provide service, 1986: First heart transplant to o er a year-round high school volunteer program, which provide resources and promote typically has about 200 students participating.” community understanding.” UNC 1981 1981 UNC admits its ﬁrst AIDS patient 1986 1986 1986 1986 Carolina Air Care helicopter transport service established MRI scanner ﬁrst used www.unchealthcare.org 7 http://www.unchealthcare.org

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