Choose to be healthy in 2010 – by becoming a CoxHealth volunteer

Those who volunteer will tell you that helping others brings meaning and purpose to their lives. As it turns out, volunteering may actually be making them healthier, too.

One study indicates those who volunteer experience less depression, pain and disability. Another recent study found that volunteering can actually help the elderly stave off frailty. So, what are you waiting for?

CoxHealth needs volunteers in a variety of areas, from sewing eye pillows and heart pillows for hospitalized patients, to working in the new gift shop at Cox Walnut Lawn. Other opportunities are available, too. For more information about volunteering at CoxHealth, call Veronica at 269-4169.

Whether it's bringing some cheer to a lonely patient, delivering flowers from loved ones or making a sick child less anxious, our volunteers have a great and lasting impact on our patients. And they may be healthier for it, too.