Beebe Healthcare student volunteer program teaches, inspires

Beebe Healthcare recently celebrated the conclusion of another great summer of its summer student volunteer program.

Open to high school students ages 14 to 18 and college students in their freshmen through senior years of undergraduate studies, the program places students in a variety of areas within the medical center in Lewes. Students volunteered in the post-anesthesia care unit, in the cardiac catheterization lab, and as patient guides. The program runs from the end of May through mid-August.

“Beebe’s volunteer program offers students a meaningful and educational experience by providing them with the opportunity to volunteer at their local community healthcare system,” said Lee Halloran, manager of volunteer services, Beebe Healthcare. “The program encourages and develops students who have an interest in a career in healthcare, and promotes valuable life skills, such as compassion and kindness.”

“I wanted to get into volunteering to maintain that patient contact and remain part of the medical community,” said Ari August, a sophomore at the University of Delaware. Previously, she worked as a certified nursing assistant, and she hopes to become a cardiothoracic surgeon.

"It's been an incredible experience, and we wouldn't have been able to have that if we weren't volunteers," said Peyton Farrall, a senior at the University of Delaware who aspires to become a surgical physician assistant.

For more information, go to www.beebehealthcare.org/student-volunteer-program.