MRCH Volunteers, Inc.
The Mad River Community Hospital Volunteers, Inc., is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that:
- Enhances patient care and comfort
- Provides funds for patients in need
- Promotes education and provides scholarships
- Connects the community with the hospital
- Operates the Hospital’s Gift Shop (707) 822-7220 ext. 3447
All of the activities of the Volunteers, Inc., support Mad River Community Hospital, its patients and staff, and our community. We represent the best of what a hospital can offer, which is true caring and community spirit. The Volunteers work tirelessly to make a difference in the lives of people in Humboldt County — whether that means raising funds to provide assistance for a patient in need, giving directions to a hospital visitor, or awarding a scholarship to someone on the hospital staff. You might be surprised at how much we do!
Please click here to find out more about how the Volunteers, Inc., supports the community — and how you can make a difference by supporting us.
Manager of Volunteer Services
P.O. Box 1115
Arcata, CA 95518-1115
(707) 822-7220 x 4133
About the Volunteers
For over 30 years, the Volunteers at Mad River Community Hospital have worked to assist and enhance patient care and education in our community.
Please read about our many activities and our in service volunteers to learn how we make a difference.
The Volunteers’ first priority is patient care and comfort. Our second is education.
Patient Care: In addition to our in service volunteers, who make a vital contribution to patient comfort while helping to ensure that all visitors have a pleasant experience at the hospital, the Volunteers, Inc., supports patient care in many ways.
We maintain an emergency financial resource fund for low-income patients, help sustain the hospital’s Wellness Garden, provide car seats to needy families leaving the Birth Center, purchase equipment such as wheelchairs for patient use in the hospital, and much more.
Education: To promote education, we provide scholarships to local college students pursuing health-related degrees and to staff for continuing education and special training. We also support patient education through the Community Health Advisory Board, which hosts a distinguished lecture series for the community on important health topics.
Through a scholarship, the Volunteers
helped Michelle Lewis-Lusso, RN
(second from left, above) become
a certified wound care nurse.
The Volunteers, Inc., operates separately from Mad River Community Hospital. Like all nonprofit organizations, we are governed by a Board of Directors. Our funding comes from several sources. Our primary source of revenue is the Volunteers’ Gift Shop at the hospital, which is open weekdays to the general public. All Gift Shop profits support the good work of the Volunteers, Inc.
The remainder of our income is contributed by donations from community members and other fundraising activities
The patient is our first concern. Our quest is to become California’s leading and most innovative community health center.