Volunteer Opportunity Details:

Ambassadors are trained volunteers who visit the new admissions at their assigned units and provide a warm welcome and basic orientation to the hospital for patients and families. The Ambassadors will share key information about the unit as well as orient patients and families to the concierge services available to them through Errand Solutions.

This opportunity is sponsored by: New York Presbyterian - Weill Cornell Medical Center We are looking for volunteers with the following skills Companionship/Caregiver This volunteer opportunity addresses the following social interests Hospitals This volunteer opportunity is available to the following types of volunteers Senior Citizens Welcome We need volunteers who are free at these times Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su Morning X X X X X Afternoon X X X X X Evening Monthly Occasional Contact Person: Trisha Choi, Volunteer Manager, (212) 746-4396, (email) View all organization contacts Address: 525 East 68th Street Room J-144 New York, NY 10021 (See a map) Directions: By Car: Approaching from south of East 68th Street - Take the FDR Drive northbound to the 61st Street exit. Make right onto York Avenue and go north to 68th Street. Approaching from north of East 68th Street - Take the FDR Drive southbound to the 71st Street exit. Make left onto York Avenue and go south to 68th Street. By Subway: Take the #6 train to East 68th Street. Walk four blocks east to York Avenue, or take the M66 bus eastbound to York Avenue. By Bus: Take the M31 to the East 69th Street stop, directly in front of New York Presbyterian/Weill Cornell. (The M31 operates north and south on York Avenue, and across town on 57th Street.) Crosstown buses M30, M66, and M72 allow you to transfer to the M31 at York Avenue.   Nearest Metro/Subway Stop: #6 Train to 68th street and Lexington,   Walk distance (in minutes): 15 minutes   Nearest Bus Stop: M66 at 68th street and York Avenue, 2 minute walk Web Site: http://www.nyp.org/volunteer Miscellaneous Information Borough Manhattan Volunteer Shifts Monday through Friday 9AM-5PM