Depending upon your area and local employment patterns, don't be so sure you can't find early morning volunteers.  We currently have 21 volunteers assigned to serve before 8AM. 

Most of these volunteers are connected to one day surgery, whether at the information desk/greeter/wayfinder or volunteering in the one-day surgery registration area or in recovery.

Our information desks start at 8 am.  However, we do have surgical lounge volunteers that are there to greet at 6 am! They work 6-10, 10-2 and 2-6 pm.  Those early morning volunteers are certainly out there!  We brainstormed one time in a session where the best place was to find early morning people and they came up with Hardees and McDonalds!   

We have opted to cover this area consistently with an employee, 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. weekdays; 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Saturday and 12 noon to 8 p.m. on Sunday.  On each of these days, the area is supplemented with volunteers.  We try to always have three people there at all times, including the employee.  If the employee takes time off, then it is not "back-filled" with paid staff, but the volunteers extend their time or take over when needed. 

We also have Surgery and GI area volunteers who begin at 6 a.m.  Our greatest need for volunteers are the evening hours (6 to 9 p.m.).  I seem to be able to find ones willing to come in very early, but most do not want to be here later - or after the sun goes down.

Hope this helps.