Parrish Healthcare Celebrates Volunteers During National Volunteer Week

TITUSVILLE, FLA. (April 28, 2025)-Parrish Healthcare commemoratedNational Volunteer Week at their annual volunteer appreciation luncheon last Thursday, April 24, 2025, at Indian River Preserve Golf Club. The luncheon is organized annually during National Volunteer Week to extend Parrish Healthcare's gratitude and to present service awards among the 150 volunteers who, this year alone, provided nearly 18,000 hours of service.

"National Volunteer Week provides us with the opportunity to shine a light on the impact of volunteer service and the power of volunteers to help organizations, like ours, to fulfill their missions and, more broadly, to build stronger communities," said Parrish Healthcare President/CEO George Mikitarian.

Parrish Healthcare's volunteer program was formed in 1959 and has welcomed hundreds of individuals, adults and teens alike, who have collectively contributed more than three million hours of service to Parrish Healthcare and North Brevard. That's the equivalent of more than 342 years of volunteer service.

"Each member of our volunteer service has his or her own reasons for volunteering, but what each has in common is a servant's heart; a willingness to help others with humility and compassion and without expecting anything in return. Their impact is profound. We are a stronger health system because of their service to the people, patients and community we serve, " added Mikitarian.

Parrish Healthcare awarded the following service milestone awards for 2025:

• 100 hours: Michael Cardinale, Mary Cing, Joanne Corbin, LeeAnne McGill and Patricia Mullenix
• 300 hours: Lana Burkett, Ronald Davis and Joan Fath
• 500 Hours: Betty Beachly and Sharon White
• 750 hours: Charlie Bell, Pat Braden and Mitzi Vitucci
• 1,000 hours: Kathy Gray and Carrie Schoonmaker
• 1,500 hours: Kathy Brant, Dianne Jennings and Patricia O'Shea
• 7,000 hours: Pat Christian

To learn more about volunteering at Parrish Healthcare, or to download a volunteer application, please visit www.parrishhealthcare.com/volunteer or email volunterservices@parrishmed.com.