October 6, 2003
A: FROM MENTOR LESLIE WAITE IN CA
Hi Hana!
Sorry to take so long to respond, but I wanted to contact an
organizer of internship programs here at UCSF to see what insight she
might have into programs in California and around the US. Here is
what she had to say:

In San Francisco, I know of a few opportunities. One is run by the SF
School-to-Career Partnership. They place posters in schools
announcing the program, and many of their placements are in area
hospitals, doing job shadowing. The UCSF Medical Center's volunteer
office also coordinates a program specifically for high school
students. Their website is:
http://www.ucsfhealth.org/adult/about/volunteer.html, and their
contact information is below:

Volunteer Services
UCSF Medical Center and UCSF Children's Hospital at Parnassus
505 Parnassus Ave.,M914
Box 0290
San Francisco, CA 94143-0290
Phone: (415) 353-1196
Fax: (415) 353-8943
Vicki Kleemann, Volunteer Services Manager
Email: victoria.kleemann@ucsfmedctr.org
Office Hours: Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Volunteer Services
UCSF Medical Center at Mount Zion
1600 Divisadero St. A601
PO Box 1678
San Francisco, CA 94115
Phone: (415) 353-1196
Vicki Kleemann, Volunteer Services Manager
Email: victoria.kleemann@ucsfmedctr.org

Another by "Enterprise for High School Students". Enterprise is a San
Francisco non-profit that places students in internships, including
some in laboratory internships. They can be reached at (415) 896-0933.

UCSF also runs an internship program at its satellite campus in
Fresno. The website for that program is:
www.ucsfresno.edu/ospr/sbi.htm

The MIT website has a directory of programs around the country,
including a section on the west. The URL is:
http://tbp-highschool.mit.edu/highschool/contents.php
This includes the programs that I am aware of at Stanford.

UC offers a program called COSMOS at many of its campuses. Students
have to pay to participate. The program includes science courses as
well as lab experience. The website for the Davis site is:
http://cosmos.ucdavis.edu/. It directs you to the other sites.

Finally, many hospitals offer summer volunteer programs. The student
should call her local hospital's volunteer office to learn if they
have any offerings.
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September 29, 2003
A: FROM MENTOR JACQUELYN JURGA IN MA
Hello Hana in CA.
I was a volunteer 'Candy Striper' at a local hospital when I was in high
school. It was a rewarding community service. I suggest that you call
your local hospital to inquire if they have the program available. If they
do, or some modern version, I am sure they would appreciate a volunteer.
It has been more years than I care to admit to it being, however I found
being a candy striper helped me understand what a medical career would
entail. I worked the evening shift. Some of my duties were to fill all
water pitchers with ice and water, offer soft drinks, juice, answer bells,
bed pan duty, fluff pillows, give hand and feet rubs, help people get
changed and help change beds with people in them. Rocking children or
reading to them, playing with them if they could not sleep. One of my
favorite tasks was stringing the beads for little name bracelets for the
new born babies, and being a 'go-fer' for the nurses.
Good luck.