Please join us in welcoming Tom Ames to our Mayo Clinic Volunteer Programs team! Tom will be visiting inpatients with the hospitality cart at Methodist and also volunteering as a wayfinder at Saint Marys.
Q: Are you originally from the Rochester area? If not, where else have you lived?
A: Tom was born and raised in Springfield, Minnesota and graduated from Gustavus. He taught in Australia before moving to Southeast Minnesota, where he worked as a school administrator. He is now retired.
Q: When you aren't volunteering, what else do you like to do?
A: Photography, fishing, hunting, travel
Q: What three items would you take with you to a deserted island?
A: His wife, a camera, and reading material
Q: What is your proudest accomplishment?
A: Being a good father and grandfather.
Q: What is your favorite thing about Mayo Clinic?
A: It's the best medical care in the world.
Welcome, Tom!