i know there are plenty of threads regarding volunteer hours but i couldn't find any particularly relevant to the problem i have.
i volunteered at a large hospital's satellite clinic for a few months and acquired ~200 hours. the volunteer office was actually located in the main hospital so the volunteer coordinator told me to log hours on the time card and fax it over to the office weekly. here's the thing: i wasn't consistent with logging the hours and did it for probably the first 3 weeks and, being the idiot that i am, never did it again.
however, i always logged in on the sign in sheet but only my volunteer id# and signature was required and not the hours. i worked hard over there and worked so many hours but due to personal issues i did not return after a holiday break.
it's been a few years since then. i am applying for this upcoming cycle and i planned on using the clinic's director of nursing (who was my assigned supervisor at the clinic) as my contact rather than the volunteer office coordinator. however, according to google, it seems as though she is no longer working there. if anything, i'd hoped she would back me up in this case if the adcoms decided to audit my volunteer experience. well, in fact, i don't know if she still remembers me but i planned on emailing her about my situation prior to applying. however, she's not even there anymore and her email is probably no longer available as it was a hospital email address.
what now? do i just omit the hospital hours? i really don't want to; i enjoyed being there even though it wasn't terribly long. i don't want to deal with the volunteer office since the coordinator is pretty mean and will probably fault me for this whole thing (well, rightfully so).
or should i just act uninformed and put the nursing director's contact info anyway?
i can't find a new hospital to volunteer at since it's really difficult to get a spot during this season. plus, the process of getting medical clearance, orientation, etc. takes forever. the app cycle opens in a few months!
what can i do at this point? i don't want to appear as though i've lied on my app. i think i only have about ~70 hours on my timecard and that's so little 🙁 since my supervisor left, i guess my volunteer coordinator would be my contact but if they do get in touch with her, the hours won't match with what i put on my app.
i volunteered at a large hospital's satellite clinic for a few months and acquired ~200 hours. the volunteer office was actually located in the main hospital so the volunteer coordinator told me to log hours on the time card and fax it over to the office weekly. here's the thing: i wasn't consistent with logging the hours and did it for probably the first 3 weeks and, being the idiot that i am, never did it again.
however, i always logged in on the sign in sheet but only my volunteer id# and signature was required and not the hours. i worked hard over there and worked so many hours but due to personal issues i did not return after a holiday break.
it's been a few years since then. i am applying for this upcoming cycle and i planned on using the clinic's director of nursing (who was my assigned supervisor at the clinic) as my contact rather than the volunteer office coordinator. however, according to google, it seems as though she is no longer working there. if anything, i'd hoped she would back me up in this case if the adcoms decided to audit my volunteer experience. well, in fact, i don't know if she still remembers me but i planned on emailing her about my situation prior to applying. however, she's not even there anymore and her email is probably no longer available as it was a hospital email address.
what now? do i just omit the hospital hours? i really don't want to; i enjoyed being there even though it wasn't terribly long. i don't want to deal with the volunteer office since the coordinator is pretty mean and will probably fault me for this whole thing (well, rightfully so).
or should i just act uninformed and put the nursing director's contact info anyway?
i can't find a new hospital to volunteer at since it's really difficult to get a spot during this season. plus, the process of getting medical clearance, orientation, etc. takes forever. the app cycle opens in a few months!
what can i do at this point? i don't want to appear as though i've lied on my app. i think i only have about ~70 hours on my timecard and that's so little 🙁 since my supervisor left, i guess my volunteer coordinator would be my contact but if they do get in touch with her, the hours won't match with what i put on my app.
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