![]() ![]() It’s always fun seeing them leave wearing one of the hats that’s from our group,” said Enestvedt. “Once the hats get to the hospital we’ve been getting them isolated for a period of time before we bring it up to the nursery,” said Jennifer Nelson, Maple Grove Hospital’s volunteer services manager.Īnd despite the global pandemic, knitting has given volunteers a purpose. A World of Opportunity Maple Grove Hospital offers many ways to volunteer, learn and grow. Help make a difference in the lives of our patients and families by becoming a volunteer at M Health Fairview Clinics and Surgery Center Maple Grove. Volunteers had to transition their meetings outside and still maintain a safe distance. Adults, 18 and older, out of school: APPLY Here Junior Volunteers, 14 and older, in school: APPLY Here If you need a paper application, call 76. “If by chance we get behind, we have to send an email for people to make more hats, but we never had to do that,” said Enders.Įven when COVID-19 broke out, the babies kept coming and the hats did too. Due to a planned power outage on Friday, 1/14, between 8am-1pm PST, some services may be impacted. M Health Fairview Maple Grove Clinics and Surgical Center. To date, the knitters have created more than 45,000 hats for newborns. At Park Nicollet Methodist Hospital, the 71-year-old Maple Grove man can walk the walk.I was in the hospital three. hospitals and patients (please see flipside of handout for a list of. The hospital has about 400 babies every month. John Macomb-Oakland Hospital, Oakland Center- Osteopathic Hospital.(248)-967-7000. “We have to have 100 hats a week in order to keep up with the hospitals,” explained Jerry Enders. Volunteers craft the hats at home and drop them off at the Maple Grove Community Center on Mondays. “It was fun because we found so many new friends and people interested in knitting,” said Johnson. The volunteer group started with three people. We rely on hundreds of selfless individuals who give freely of their time and talents to volunteer at Maple Grove Hospital. Phyllis Johnson started the Knitting Grandmas group 10 years ago when Maple Grove Hospital opened.
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