When You Give, You Provide Hope
When you support AdventHealth Polk, formerly St. Luke's Hospital, you're helping us save lives. As a not-for-profit rural hospital, every dollar and volunteer hour impacts the reach of our care. Every gift furthers our mission of Extending the Healing Ministry of Christ to the Carolina Foothills.
Your donations strengthen our community by helping your neighbors receive the whole-person care and loving support they need.
There are several ways to support our work, including making a direct donation to our foundation, giving a planned gift and volunteering your time at the hospital.
Ensuring Access to Care in Rural Polk County
Our foundation is a not-for-profit, 501(c)3 organization established to financially support our Polk County hospital. Our board consists of community members who fundraise for advanced technologies, facility improvements and education programs.
AdventHealth Polk, formerly St. Luke's Hospital, is a critical access hospital (CAH). This designation reduces the financial vulnerability of rural hospitals and improves health care access by keeping essential services in rural communities.
Every gift goes toward our mission of Extending the Healing Ministry of Christ. You can make fast, secure donations using our online giving portal.
How You Can Support AdventHealth Polk
- Donate
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Your gift helps us build more pathways to whole health as we strive to provide our community with care for body, mind and spirit. Every gift you give helps us diagnose illnesses with innovative technology, give worried parents peace of mind about their child’s care and provide cancer patients with a soothing recovery environment. Together, we can change the lives of those who need our help.
- Volunteer
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At AdventHealth Polk, formerly St. Luke's Hospital, our volunteers provide warm, caring and compassionate attention to our patients, their families and our team members.
From clerical positions to courier routes, our volunteers lend a helping hand in their own special way. Volunteers typically contribute between two to four hours a week.
Our hospital volunteers receive free flu shots, a free beverage during each shift and a complimentary meal if serving during mealtime, in addition to our annual volunteer appreciation luncheon.
Available volunteer opportunities include the following:
- Patient care volunteers: These volunteers offer juice and daily newspapers to our patients each morning, along with a warm smile or calming conversation. As a patient care volunteer, you'll brighten someone's day — and your own, too.
- Couriers: The afternoon volunteers deliver lab results and mail to local physician offices.
- Gift shop: Volunteers in the gift shop manage the daily operations, handle sales and keep the shelves stocked and tidy.
- Golf cart service: One of the volunteer services unique to AdventHealth Polk is our daily golf cart transportation. As visitors arrive, they are greeted by a smiling volunteer and are offered a ride up the hill in the golf cart to the front door.
- Reception: These volunteers are among the friendliest you'll find. They greet visitors and assist with guest information, like directions to patient rooms and other hospital departments.
- WINGS: On the "WINGS" of these special volunteers, mail is picked up in the hospital and delivered throughout the hospital daily. Two shifts are available.
- Print shop: This group runs the hospital's in-house print shop. They produce forms, business cards and other printed materials.
- Clerical: Volunteers also help with tasks such as filing and computer input in the various departments.
- Junior volunteers: During the summer months, we have weekday opportunities for high schoolers to help deliver juice to patients, stock shelves and answer phones. Junior volunteers must be 14 to 18 years old.
Each year, monies generated by volunteers through the gift shop and other activities are used for scholarships for local high school graduates and hospital team members entering higher education in health care. In addition, these monies are donated to the hospital for the purchase of new equipment or other needs.
New volunteers are always welcome. Contact Dawn Ward at Call828-894-0895 or email for information on available volunteer opportunities.
Choose from two easy ways to submit your volunteer application:
- Complete and submit your volunteer application online here.
- Print, complete and mail your volunteer application to:
AdventHealth Polk
Human Resources
101 Hospital Drive
Columbus, NC 28722Or fax it to Call828-894-0951