title: The volunteer spirit is alive and well at Scottish Rite Hospital. Interview by Melissa Gaskill.
abstract: Today, Scottish Rite Hospital for Crippled Children in Dallas serves 10,000 Texas children with the help of 600 or so volunteers who log about 82,000 hours a year. This astonishing volunteer program has earned the hospital awards and recognition--including this year's AHA award for the outstanding volunteer program in Region 7--and has helped create the warm, team atmosphere that sets this hospital apart. President J.C. Montgomery takes pride in his volunteers and in the other part of that team, the paid staff. A member of the Texas Hospital Association board of trustees, he is also on the board of the Texas Hospital Education and Research Foundation and chair of that group's Investment Committee. Health Texas recently visited with Montgomery about the hospital and the volunteer program.
mesh_terms: D006743:Hospital Bed Capacity, under 100; D006758:Hospital Volunteers; D006776:Hospitals, Pediatric; D006782:Hospitals, Special; D013781:Texas; D000078329:Workforce