Volunteer Opportunities

Downey Regional Medical Center: Commitment, Good attitude, Gain new skills, Time, and Responsibility.

More information about this volunteer Opportunity can be obtained through e-mail.

 The hospital asks for 6 months of the volunteering time.

Glendale Adventist Medical Center: Must be at least 16, Uniforms are provided, Complementary parking, High School Summer Volunteer Program, and Explore a new career.

This is a great opportunity for High School Students.

Student success statement

“Many think that the short term gain will be worth the long term pain, but it isn't. In addition, using steroids is cheating, and there is nothing worse in sports than a cheater. Don’t do it.”

George Mitchell

Reflection: This is very true. I believe that if you cheat then you are not getting the satisfaction that a true winner is getting. You get to win but it’s just not the same. It is better to win honestly than to win by cheating and there is nothing truer about this. For example if you someone gives you half of your favorite cookie it’s not the same as getting a full cookie that is your favorite. In this example the favorite cookie is steroids and half the cookie is you using steroids and winning. Then the full cookie represents you winning the race without cheating. You get more satisfactory when you win without cheating than when you win with cheating. 

Student Success Statement

“I won’t cheat”

Dale Murphy

Reflection: No matter how bad a person wants to win they should never cheat. When you win by cheating you are not really winning. When you get the feeling of winning honestly is better than the feeling of winning by being dishonest. It feels better to be honest that to cheat. People should not cheat.

Oncologist

Duties and responsibilities: The Oncologists are the ones who work on diagnosing and treating cancer. A physician who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of cancer. After a cancer diagnosis is made, it is the oncologists’ role to explain the cancer diagnosis and the meaning of the disease stage to the patient; discuss various treatment options; recommend the best course of treatment; deliver optimal care; and improve quality of life both through curative therapy and palliative care with pain and symptom management.

Salary: Around $217,000

Education: Medical License, an underground degree, an M.D degree, an internal medicine residency and an oncology fellowship. Acceptance into a radiation oncology residency requires a medical degree and a year of general medical training. Programs are likely to consider only applicants who finish in the top third of their class or higher.

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Reflection: I would not like to follow the career as an oncologist because I don’t think this is my ideal career. Based on the research I do not think that I would enjoy working on this profession.

Mitch McKee 

      Mitch was a fresh men in high school and his father had a disease that could kill him at any moment. He lived in Minnesota and he was a wrestler. his goal was to make his dad forget about his sickness for just a small while and to just be joyful. Mitch thought that he could make this happen by winning the wrestling championship. Mitch would practice everyday all day whenever he could even if there were no practice with his school. Of course Mitch accomplished this and gave his father happiness. He had won that championship for his dad. 

Student success statement

“Great beauty great strength, and great riches are really and truly of no great use; a right heart exceeds all.”

Benjamin Franklin

Reflection: This is true because a right heart always does right and gets the right things. You develop a right heart by choosing the right and it will become right. 

Health Educator

Duties and responsibilities: Health educators typically do the following: Assess the needs of the people and communities they serve, Develop programs and events to teach people about health topics, Teach people how to cope with or manage existing health conditions, Evaluate the effectiveness of programs and educational materials, Help people find health services or information, Provide training programs for other health professionals or community health workers, Supervise staff who implement health education programs, Collect and analyze data to learn about their audience and improve programs and services, and Advocate for improved health resources and policies that promote health. Community health workers do the following: Provide outreach and discuss health care concerns with community members, Educate people about the importance and availability of healthcare services, such as cancer screenings, Collect data, Report findings to health educators and other healthcare providers, Provide informal counseling and social support, Conduct outreach programs, Ensure that people have access to the healthcare services they need, Advocate for individual and community needs. The duties of health educators, who are sometimes called health education specialists, vary with their work settings. Most work in health care facilities, colleges, public health departments, nonprofits, and private businesses. Health educators who teach health classes in middle and high schools are considered teachers. For more information, see the profiles on middle school teachers and high school teachers.

Salary: $27,730-$86,810

Education: Entry-level health educator positions require a bachelor’s degree in health education or health promotion. These programs teach students theories and methods of health education and help students gain the knowledge and skills they need to develop health education materials and programs. Most programs include an internship. Some positions, such as those in the federal government or in state public health agencies, require a master’s or doctoral degree. Graduate programs are commonly in community health education, school health education, public health education, or health promotion. Entering a master’s degree program requires a bachelor’s degree, but a variety of undergraduate majors may be acceptable. Community health workers typically have a high school diploma, although some jobs may require post-secondary education. Education programs may lead to a 1-year certificate or a 2-year associate’s degree and cover topics such as wellness, ethics, and cultural awareness, among others. Community health workers typically have a shared language or life experience and an understanding of the community that they serve.

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Reflection: I would like to be a health educator because it seems to be an interesting job. In continuation I would also like to teach people about the body and how it works. For the reason that I like to learn about that to health is my favorite subject by far and it’s very interesting to me. Some people might not like it but it’s a job that fits my liking and learning and teaching about health word be something I would be interested in.