Fayette

Community Hospital has 286 auxiliary volunteers, among

them Barbara Davenport, her mother, Marilyn Sullivan and

her daughter, Jessica Davenport.

The

grandmother, mother and daughter trio is the only

multigenerational volunteer team at the two-year-old

hospital.

Together,

they have logged many hours during the holiday season,

decorating the lobby of the hospital, preparing tray

favors and helping to coordinate the hospital-wide gift

drive for the Fayette County Department of Family and

Children Services.

"Barbara

is an incredible volunteer," said Maredith Buco,

president of the hospital's volunteer auxiliary.

"She is a charter member of the auxiliary and her

daughter, Jessica, has worked two summers as a junior

volunteer," Buco added. "It's an absolute

delight having them."

Davenport

introduced her mother to the rewards of hospital

volunteerism when Sullivan retired a year and a half ago

from her position as manager of Bookland in Fayetteville.

Sullivan enjoys working on the patient floors and helping

to handle whatever loose ends need tying up, whether it

be checking for door name cards, pouring ice water or

combing an elderly patient's hair.

"I

like working with the patients," Barbara Davenport

added. I work with a lot of elderly people and also give

tours to school children. It gives me an opportunity to

give something back to the community and I have gotten so

much in return," she said.

Her

daughter, Jessica, 17, is a senior at Fayette County High

School and has just been accepted by the University of

Georgia and Georgia State University. "I may go into

medicine," she said, but has not made any firm

decisions about her course of study to date. She is a

member of the Beta Club and Red Cross at Fayette County

High.

Since the

inception of the volunteer auxiliary, which took place

prior to the hospital's official opening, volunteers have

given 72,372 hours as of November 1999.

"We

are looking for volunteers," Buco noted. There are

three four-hour shifts to choose from between 9 a.m. and

9 p.m., according to Buco.

For

information phone the auxiliary office at 770-719-7098.