Entries by Alyssa Piccari

October 2022 Volunteer of the Month

Kari Simpson is our volunteer of the month for October 2022! Kari volunteers as a Triage Nurse and has over 780 volunteer hours in her year and a half at LVIM. She recently graduated from Florida Southern College with her MSN and is now a Board-Certified Family Nurse Practitioner. When Kari is not at LVIM, […]

September 2022 Volunteer of the Month

Darlene Abela is our volunteer of the month for September 2022! Darlene volunteers as a patient escort on Monday mornings and has 275 volunteer hours in her year and a half with LVIM. Before coming to LVIM, Darlene was an elementary school teacher in Michigan for 30 years. In her spare time, she enjoys playing […]

August 2022 Volunteer of the Month

Debbie Hoelscher is our Volunteer of the Month for August 2022! Debbie serves as a lead volunteer at our mobile food pantry. She has volunteered at LVIM for 20 years and has over 1500 volunteer hours both in the food pantry and as an RN. Debbie served as a Neonatal APRN around the Midwest since […]

July 2022 Volunteer of the Month

  CeCe Vineyard is our Volunteer of the Month for July 2022! CeCe has volunteered at LVIM for two years and has 760 volunteer hours. She serves in our Medical Records department every Tuesday and Thursday morning. When she is not at LVIM, CeCe enjoys reading psychology books. When asked what her favorite part of […]

June 2022 Volunteer of the Month

Greg Glisson is our volunteer of the month for June 2022! Greg serves as our Special Projects Volunteer for the Development Department and has been an LVIM volunteer for 6 years. He helps with the Swan Derby, creates LVIM’s float for the Lakeland Christmas Parade, and does anything else that needs to be done. Thank […]

May 2022 Volunteer of the Month

Carol Viviano is our volunteer of the month for May 2022! Carol serves as a receptionist on Monday and Thursday mornings. Carol has served at LVIM since September of 2021. She has 260 volunteer hours. When Carol is not serving at LVIM she enjoys cheering on the Tampa Bay Lightning. She also enjoys gardening and […]

April 2022 Volunteer of the Month

  Valerie Poole is our volunteer of the month for April 2022! Valerie volunteers as a patient scheduler and as an intake screener. She has served 275 hours at Lakeland Volunteers in Medicine. Before joining Lakeland Volunteers in Medicine Valerie worked as an RN at a local hospital serving in the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory and […]

The myWalgreens Donation Program

LVIM is participating in the myWalgreens donation program! You can donate your myWalgreens cash rewards to Lakeland Volunteers in Medicine through May 31st. At Walgreens, you’ll earn unlimited 1% Walgreens Cash rewards when you shop and you can choose how much to donate. It’s that easy. Whether you’d like to contribute $1, $5, or more […]

March 2022 Volunteer of the Month

  Gretchen Hesse is our Volunteer of the Month for March 2022. Gretchen serves as an Intake Screener on Wednesdays. Gretchen has served at LVIM for 9 months and has 310 hours. Before coming to LVIM Gretchen lived in California and worked as an ICU nurse for 20 years and ran a large nonprofit that […]