February 6-10 was Anniversary Week at the hospital. This included themed dress up days to celebrate each decade the hospital has been open. Monday was the 60s, Tuesday: the 70s, etc. To encourage employees to participate, there was a hospital-wide competition. At the end of the week the top 3 departments with the highest percentage of participation won a pizza party. I tend be a little competitive (I know, you're shocked), so I dressed up for 4 of the days and coordinated the pictures to send in each day. We won!!! Here are pictures from each day:
Me, Leah, and Laura.
Laura (the other intern) and I made these shirts at 10 the night before.
We chose to just ignore the 24-hour detail of the instructions.
Me, Laura, Alexa, Tricia, Kathryn, and Leah
What you can't see is that Laura and I are also wearing
some very attractive leg-warmers.
Front: Me and Laura
Back: Tricia, Kathryn, Brin and Leah
I was able to borrow the track suit, but I already had
the 1999 North Ridge Elementary shirt. :)
This is the whole Volunteer Services Department.
Front: Brin, Laura, Alexa
Back: Miss Penny, Tricia, Randa, Leah, Me, and Kathryn
It wasn't hard to get 100% participation for 2000s day!
Last week 4 people from our staff attended the Volunteer Mid-South recruitment fair. Non-profits from all over Memphis set up tables at Oak Court Mall so people could learn about the organizations and sign-up to volunteer. It was a lot fun to talk to others about the opportunities at St. Jude. One of our current volunteers happened to be shopping that night and stayed at our table for the evening. It was great to have an actual volunteer recruiting with us. She thinks we're kidding, but she'll be going next year too. :)
Our department is preparing for the annual volunteer appreciation luncheon, coming up in April. This event is especially exciting this year because we're continuing the 50th anniversay theme and celebrating the history of volunteers in addition to the currrent ones. One of my responsibilities is to help collect photographs and memorabilia. These items will be used in a video and a display for people to look at as they arrive at the lunch. I am also working with one of the other interns to coordinate patient entertainment for the event.
One of my on-going tasks is to create flyers about the Joint Commission. The Joint Commission is a non-profit that accredits and certifies healthcare organizations. Every other year, surveyors visit the hospital. To help prepare our volunteers, I post these flyers to help them review all the things they learned in orientation.
This week the VIP Newsletter (quarterly newsletter from Volunteer Services) came out. Check it out! You might see an article by someone you know.
Last, here is a picture of the St. Jude 50th Anniversay display inside the hospital. There are pictures, old programs, newspaper clippings, pins, and all kinds of memorabilia from the last 5 decades.
The center plaque reads:
"With deep roots in our past and outstretched branches toward our future,St. Jude Children's Research Hospital reflects on its first 50 years. St. Jude was founded in 1962 by the late entertainer Danny Thomas and has played a significant role in one of the great success stories of modern medicine: increasing survival rates for childhood cancer and improving the quality of care for young patients with life-threatening illnesses. It has contributed to childhood cancer eradication by sharing its research around the world and developing protocols that have helped push overall survival rates for childhood cancers from less than 20 percent when the hospital opened in 1962 to 80 percent today. Thank you for your continued commitment to our mission, and the quality, innovation, collaboration, and compassion that make such a difference for our patients."
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