Volunteer

Community Wellness Program provides volunteers with opportunities to work with us as Wellness Navigators.

Wellness Navigators are healthcare professionals, students, and community members who want to help us spread the wellness message. If you would like to join the Wellness Team as a Wellness Navigator please contact Nasrin Aboudamous via email at nasrin.aboudamous@sfdph.org.

What is the Wellness Navigator Program?

The Wellness Navigator Program trains volunteers and student interns to support and promote the Community Wellness Program. The program supports volunteers and student interns in their personal and professional development by giving them hands on experience in promoting wellness throughout our community.

Qualifications:

Interest & knowledge about health, fitness, and/or wellness
Computer-literate
Excellent oral & written communication skills
Demonstrated ability to function independently as a collaborative, supportive team member.
Must dedicate a minimum of 8 hours a week as a Wellness Navigator

Desired Qualifications:

Bi-lingual (English/Spanish or English/Cantonese)
Advanced computer skills
Development skills
Photography/ Video Documentation experience

If you believe you have what it takes, please complete a Wellness Navigator Application and submit to Community Wellness Program Coordinator @ nasrin.aboudamous@sfdph.org. All summer applicants must be submitted Saturday, June 8th.

Student Volunteers and Service Learning

Service-Learning is a learning strategy that integrates meaningful community service with reflection to enrich the learning experience and strengthen communities. Through service-learning, students integrate what they learn in their academic curriculum with what they experience in the hospital and Community Wellness Center.

Service learners work closely with the Community Wellness Program staff on a variety initiatives to strengthen our ability to effectively reach and powerfully transform our patients and staff. Service learners conduct needs assessments, contribute to recruitment and outreach efforts, collect qualitative and quantitative data, and explore innovative strategies to better serve our vibrant and diverse community.

Massage Therapists and Massage Therapy Students Sought for Unique Volunteer Opportunity!

San Francisco General Hospital ’ s Community Wellness Program works to provide health enhancing opportunities for our patients and staff. In addition to workshops on movement strategies such as Yoga, Tai Chi and Zumba we offer patients, their families, and the hospital’s hard-working staff five to ten minute chair massages to demonstrate the healing power of touch. Please join us as we encourage our community to embrace the wellness message and take better care of ourselves, our families, and our community.

When: 1st and 3rdThursday of each month, 11am—1pm

Where: San Francisco General Hospital, Community Wellness Center

Main Hospital, 2nd Floor—Room 2D 35

Participate in just one session or join our team of dedicated volunteer healers to provide these and related services on an ongoing basis. Our community really needs you!

Wellness Instructors

We work with certified fitness instructors and a variety of practitioners experienced in a variety of healing modalities. We are especially grateful for the service of qualified bilingual (English/Spanish; English/Cantonese) practitioners who are interested in donating their services to the Community Wellness Program. If you believe our patients and staff would benefit from the service you provide and you are interested in donating your time and expertise to help us promote health and wellness in our community, please contact us to discuss your interests and availability.