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If you are interested in volunteering, please fill out the appropriate online application.

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While we do our best to get back to you as quickly as possible, please allow up to two weeks to hear from us before calling to inquire about your application.

The volunteer resources department operates on an application-interview process. Personal interviews are scheduled after applications have been received. If selected, the prospective volunteer is scheduled to complete new volunteer onboarding appointments. Please note that it can take up to eight weeks from the time we receive your application until your first day of volunteering.

All volunteers must go through the application, interview and onboarding process so we are unable to accept new volunteers for last minute requests.

All college students must submit the online volunteer application and contact us with questions themselves. We will not accept an application or phone call on behalf of someone else. Please have them submit the application online and have them contact us with specific questions.

Throughout the year you must be 18 and have completed high school to volunteer at Dayton Children’s. During the summer, we offer our volunteen program for high school students ages 16 to 18. Applications for the volunteen program are accepted and available on February 1 each year. If there are additional questions, we ask that the student contact us directly rather than having a parent call. 

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Yes! Our job shadowing program allows junior and senior high school students and undergrad students to sign up to shadow clinical or non-clinical staff for a 5 hour shift during one of our designated job shadowing dates. This does not include physicians and physician assistants. For more information on this program please contact our volunteer department at 937-641-3333.

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Rocking babies in our NICU is our most popular requested volunteer positions. Due to the large demand for this position, this opportunity is not always available. If you are interested in volunteering in another area in the hospital we can get you started there.

Group volunteers are limited at this time. Visit here for more information and to inquire further.

If your group is interested in showing your support with in-kind donations, visit here to learn more about the greatest needs within Dayton Children's.

We are unable to accept short term volunteer requests. All volunteers must go through the application, interview and onboarding process and also commit to either 100 hours or one year of volunteering.

Applications for the summer volunteen program are accepted and available on February 1 each year.

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