Volunteer Opportunities

Your gift of time is needed. Volunteer and impact the lives of others.

Sharp Grossmont volunteers greet hospital visitors 
Sharp Grossmont volunteers
greet hospital visitors. 
Since 1952, the volunteers of Sharp Grossmont have been dedicated to providing various hospital services to the residents of East San Diego County. Today, Sharp Grossmont Hospital has one of the largest and most active hospital volunteer programs in California, with approximately 600 adult and 200 junior volunteers who contribute nearly 130,000 hours of service each year.

Interested in becoming a volunteer?
Volunteers offer service throughout the hospital by:

Sharp Grossmont's craft group make favors for patients' trays 
Sharp Grossmont's craft group
make favors for patients' trays. 
  • Assisting staff on patient floors and in the post-anesthesia and intensive care units
  • Greeting and escorting patients and visitors
  • Helping raise funds to support hospital programs
  • Providing clerical support to hospital departments
  • Providing music therapy in the physical rehabilitation unit
  • Running errands for hospital departments
  • Staffing an on-campus shuttle for patients, visitors and employees
  • Staffing the Grossmont Hospital Auxiliary's two gift shops and the Thrift Korral, a thrift shop and boutique, in La Mesa
  • Visiting patients as "TLC volunteers" or with our Mended Hearts, pet therapy and clown therapy programs

Benefits
Volunteering is a great way to contribute to the community, meet new people and really make a difference. Other benefits of volunteering at Sharp Grossmont include:

  • Career exploration for high school students
  • Discounts at Sharp hospital pharmacies
  • Free meal while on duty
  • Group discounts to area attractions and events
  • Invitations to social gatherings
  • Leadership-building opportunities
  • Scholarship opportunities
  • Skills training and work experience
  • Use of campus medical libraries

Learn more about Sharp Grossmont's volunteer program:

For More Information
Please contact the Sharp Grossmont Hospital volunteer office and let us find a place that is right for you. All ages and skill levels are welcome. To contact the volunteer office, please call 619-740-4059. For information about junior volunteers, call 619-740-4175. You may also send us an email at sgh.volunteers@sharp.com.

Last Updated: February 23, 2010