• The Rotary and Kiwanis clubs provide support to our community immunization clinics by assisting with paperwork and controlling crowd traffic.
• The WIC (Women, Infants, and Children) department recruits volunteers for its Breastfeeding Buddies program. Volunteers trained through this program work on a one-to-one basis with new mothers and their infants, lending support and encouraging breastfeeding throughout the first six months of an infant's life, thereby ensuring a healthy start to a healthy future.
• Another avenue of volunteerism is through the wonderful donation of goods from churches and women's groups. Infant layettes, stuffed animals, baby blankets and quilts, and many other home-made items are donated to the health department. These gifts are very much appreciated by the grateful families who cannot afford to purchase such items. Favorites in the Immunization department are the finger puppets crafted by a women's church group. These cute, tiny dolls help ease children's fears during immunizations.

Volunteers are most welcomed in many areas:

• Someone with publishing or printing skills is needed to operate our Reisograph, a printing machine used for newsletters, pamphlets, and forms.
• Clerical assistance is always in demand, as are interpreters for our Spanish and Haitian population.
• Volunteers are also needed to assist in our outreach programs for teenage pregnancy prevention, injury prevention, prevention of tobacco use by youth, and chronic diseases.