Southeast Georgia Health System Volunteer Services recently announced Wanda
Harden as the
Brunswick Campus Summer Volunteer of the Quarter and Sharon Bodford as the
Camden Campus Summer Volunteer of the Quarter.
Harden began volunteering at the
Brunswick Campus Gift Shop in August 2016 after retiring from a career in the banking industry.
“It was evident soon after she joined the Gift Shop team that Wanda
was a great addition,” says Peggy Tuten, president, Volunteer Services,
Brunswick Campus. “Wanda’s previous experience with customer
service and finance enabled her to quickly learn the processes. Her calm
and welcoming demeanor puts customers at ease.”
According to Kristin Doll, CAVS, CDVS director, Volunteer Services, Harden
is always willing to pitch in and help where needed. Her willingness to
provide additional help was especially appreciated in 2021 when she offered
to assist a fellow volunteer with the tasks of receiving and pricing Gift
Shop merchandise.
Harden has spent her whole life in Georgia and currently resides in Brunswick.
When she’s not volunteering, she enjoys reading, taking walks and
doing yard work. She recently began working part-time at The Club on St.
Simons Island.
Bodford began volunteering at the Health System’s Camden Campus in
November 2021, shortly after retiring from a 38-year career in government
service. “At the time she joined us we were very much in need of
additional volunteer help in the Gift Shop and we were thrilled when she
chose to volunteer there,” says Kathleen Worthing, president,
Camden Campus Volunteer Services. “Sharon is friendly and helpful to everyone who steps inside the
Gift Shop and she makes everyone feel like a special guest.”
Doll adds, “In the short time that Sharon has been a volunteer, she
has helped with special projects, such as the Health System’s community
health fair, as well as fundraising sales. She also recently took on an
additional volunteer shift in the Outpatient Laboratory after finding
out that they were without a volunteer on Monday mornings.”
Bodford and her husband of 37 years, Eugene, reside in Woodbine with their
dogs, Charlie, a bulldog mix, and Sammie, an Australian cattle dog. Bodford
currently volunteers with the Board of Elections as an assistant to the
Election Supervisor. When she’s not busy volunteering, she enjoys
watching old western movies and loves to fish in streams, creeks, ponds
and rivers.
More than 150 volunteers generously share their time and talents to assist
patients, visitors, and team members at the Southeast Georgia Health System
Brunswick and Camden campuses, as well as the Senior Care Centers in Brunswick
and St. Marys. To learn more about volunteer opportunities, contact Kristin
Doll, CAVS, CDVS, director, Volunteer Services, at 912-466-1071 or visit
sghs.org.