faqs

If you are interested in volunteering please review our requirements and then fill out our online application.

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 for volunteer orientation. 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, orientation and interview process. Therefore we are unable to accept new volunteers for last minute requests.

All college students must submit the online 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 themselves if they have 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 volunteer program for high school students age 16-18. Applications for the volunteen program will come out on February 1 of each year. If there are additional questions we ask that the student contact us directly rather than having a parent call.

Most areas of the hospital do not offer shadowing opportunities. However we do offer a nurse shadowing program. This program allows junior and senior high school students to sign up to shadow an inpatient nurse for one 8 hr. shift. For more information on this program please contact us at 937-641-3333.

Rocking babies in our NICU is our most popular requested volunteer positions. Due to the large demand for this position this 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 extremely helpful in helping us keep both the inside and the outside of the hospital beautiful. For more information on signing up your group please visit our group volunteers page.

Volunteer orientation is usually scheduled for a Tuesday morning. Once you complete your application and interview the volunteer resources team will give you the schedule for orientation.

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

Volunteer applications are accepted the first week of February. Please check the volunteen page for more information.