Time is one of the most precious things we have. Your decision to share your time through volunteering is a beautiful gift to our community.
Volunteers at Confluence Health can do a variety of things, including, but not limited to:
- Greeting patients
- Supporting special projects
- Sunshine cart
- Providing companionship to hospice patients
- Mother-Baby Unit
- Caregiver respite
- Working in the gift shop
- Running errands or light chores for hospice patients
Headwaters Community Collective
Your voice shapes care.
Headwaters Community Collective is Confluence Health’s online patient and family advisory community. It provides patients, family members, caregivers, and community members an ongoing opportunity to share feedback that helps improve care, services, communication, and the overall healthcare experience across North Central Washington.
Participation is flexible and entirely online. Members may be invited to complete brief surveys, share feedback on improvement initiatives, participate in occasional virtual discussions, and help shape future patient experience efforts. There are no required meetings and no minimum participation commitment.
Willie Weinstein: An Enduring Smile
At Confluence Health Hospital Central Campus, Wilmajean Weinstein—known affectionately as Willie—was more than just the oldest volunteer greeter; she was truly the spirit of the lobby for the 17 years that she served. A cherished member of the volunteer services team and Confluence Health family, her warmth and kindness touched all who passed through the hospital doors. Willie embodied her favorite saying, “It’s always easier to smile than frown,” and with every shift, her sunny disposition brightened the days of patients, visitors, and staff alike.
Willie became a fixture, a part of the very fabric of the hospital. Staff and visitors alike knew her by name and by reputation. She listened, comforted, and encouraged everyone she met, living proof that kindness is timeless and that simple gestures can change lives.
Through decades of dedication, Willie proved that even in retirement, one can be a local icon, shaping the spirit of a community not with fame, but with heart. Hers is a legacy woven from smiles, compassion, and the steady belief that it is always easier—and better—to smile than to frown.
Willie passed away in February of 2024 at the remarkable age of 101, but through the many lives she touched, her legacy lives on.