Membership

Requirements to be a VHIO volunteer:

Strong proficiency in English as well as Cantonese, Mandarin, Khmer, Korean, Spanish, Tagalog, and/or Vietnamese (must be a native speaker)
Be mature and reliable – you must notify coordinators at least 48 hours in advance if you are unable to attend an event you signed up for (except for emergencies)
Have interpersonal skills to interact and communicate effectively with patients and hospital staff
Be able to commit for a year to attend events and translate documents

Volunteer requirements:

Receive training through our fall semester Decal and spring semester workshops
Participate in at least 10 hours of volunteering events per semester. New members begin to volunteer after they pass the first midterm, and they are not required to fulfill 10 hours during the first semester. If a language group does not have adequate events to meet this 10-hour requirement, language department coordinators will judge your membership based on how active you were in VHIO
Membership is assessed on a yearly basis, you you may make up any missing hours from the fall semester by volunteering extra hours in the spring semester in order to be an active member
Assist your respective language departments by working closely with the language department coordinators to coordinate translations and build partnerships.
Participate in at least one social per semester
Attend the beginning-of-the-year orientation.

Active volunteers Fall 2012

Sherina Chan
Josh Chang
Crystal Chen
Edna Cheung
Jeff Choi
Ada Gu
Rotana Hay
Chenchen Han
Sofia Hsu
Siu-Wei Huang
Nhayoung Hwang
Shifeng Jin
Charles Lee
Betty Liang
Judy Lim
Heng Nhoung
Kristine Phung
Grace Poon
Shannen Poon
Minhtam Trinh
Josephine Wu
Tiffany Wu
Jennifer Xu