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Customer Service and Gift Shop Volunteer

Boston Children’s Hospital, Main Campus

Duties

  • Create a welcoming atmosphere at the main entrance of the hospital.
  • Provide wayfinding assistance to patients and families throughout the hospital.
  • Deliver items to patients and families throughout the hospital.

Requirements

  • At least 18 years old and graduated from high school.
  • If applying, must fully complete application and submit reference sheet.
  • Available to attend a Zoom interview.
  • Available to start in June 2024 and continue for the year commitment.

Our current volunteer needs (specific days and times) are posted directly in the application.

Minimum commitment

  • One set four-hour shift per week for one calendar year (June 2024 to June 2025)
  • This timeline includes volunteering during the summer months of 2024. Please keep in mind that we ask volunteers to maintain a weekday, daytime volunteer shift throughout the calendar year.

How to apply

Patient Family Housing Volunteer

Yawkey Family Inn and The Bon

We have a volunteer opportunity available at the Yawkey Family Inn at 241 Kent St., Brookline, MA 02446, and we have a volunteer opportunity available at The Bon at 1260 Boylston St., Boston, MA 02215.

Duties

  • Create a welcoming atmosphere for families as they arrive.
  • Provide wayfinding assistance to families checking in.
  • Assist with administrative tasks.
  • Assist with organizational tasks.

Requirements

  • At least 18 years old and graduated from high school.
  • If applying, must fully complete application and submit reference sheet.
  • Available to attend a Zoom interview.
  • Available to start in June 2024 and continue for the volunteer commitment.

Our current volunteer needs (specific days and times) are posted directly in the application.

Minimum commitment

  • One set two- to four-hour shift per week for one year.

How to apply

Early Intervention Program Volunteer

Boston Children's at Martha Eliot

This opportunity is located at 75 Bickford St., Jamaica Plain, Mass. Our patient population is infants and toddlers with developmental delays/complex medical conditions.

Duties

  • Assisting with office support for various projects
  • Assisting with the program’s play groups in the outpatient clinic

Requirements

  • You must be at least 18 years old and have graduated from high school.
  • If applying, must fully complete application and submit reference sheet.
  • Available to attend a Zoom interview.
  • Available to start in June and continue for the year commitment.

Note: Applicants should have experience working with children ages 0 to 3. Experience working in special education and/or with children with developmental delays is preferred.

Our current volunteer needs (specific days and times) are posted directly in the application.

Minimum commitment

  • One set two- to four-hour shift per week for one calendar year.

How to apply

  1. Volunteer Application
  2. Reference Form

Seacrest Studios Volunteer

Boston Children’s Hospital, Main Campus

Duties

  • Answering phone calls during Bingo to record patient names and room numbers
  • Assistance with prize delivery (during lives shows like Bingo)
  • Welcoming patients & families to Seacrest Studios
  • Helping to maintain a clean and safe studio space
  • Helping to set patients and families up with Bingo supplies on inpatient floors
  • Assisting supervisors with any other needs, such as programming or program preparation

Requirements

  • At least 18 years old and graduated from high school
  • If applying, must fully complete application and submit reference sheet
  • Available to attend a Zoom interview
  • Available to start in June and continue for the year commitment

Current volunteer needs

  • 1 to 4 p.m. or 1 to 5 p.m. Wednesdays

Minimum commitment

  • One set three- to four-hour shift per week for one calendar year (June 2024 to June 2025).
  • Please keep in mind that we ask volunteers to maintain a weekday, daytime volunteer shift throughout the calendar year.

How to apply

If you are interested in applying to this volunteer position, please submit the application below and send the reference form to a suitable reference for them to submit to our office directly.

  1. Seacrest Studios Volunteer Application Form
  2. Reference Form