The Junior Volunteer Summer Program provides youths, ages 14 to 18, the opportunity to experience a variety of activities in a hospital setting. As they assist and comfort our patients and visitors, junior volunteers learn valuable lessons that they will use throughout their adult lives.
This program is offered exclusively during the summer months.
Junior Volunteer Requirements
The program runs from the first week in June through the end of August each summer. Each junior volunteer must commit to a minimum of five volunteer weeks during the summer.
The volunteer has the choice of volunteering one eight-hour day, two four-hour days, or one four-hour day each week. Junior volunteers are expected to make up missed shifts and to be on time for their shift.
Junior volunteers are expected to behave in a professional and mature manner at all times.
All junior volunteers must have parental permission and provide proof of all childhood immunizations and proof of negative TB test within the last six months.
In keeping with our professional staff image, junior volunteers are required to wear a uniform, which they will purchase at orientation. They will also wear a DRAH badge at all times. Shorts, mini-skirts, and jeans are not allowed.
Junior volunteers may not leave the hospital campus for any reason during their volunteer shift without parental permission.
Become a Volunteer
Junior volunteers must complete an application and interview process. Applications are not accepted before February 25.
At the interview hospital staff will assess the junior volunteer for maturity and interest. Assignments will be made by hospital staff based upon the interview and the hospital’s needs.
If you would like to participate in the Duke Raleigh Junior Volunteer Summer Program, please download an application (PDF, 15 KB or Microsoft Word, 34 KB) and send it in.
Important Dates
- Applications for the summer program are not accepted before February 25
- The Junior Volunteer Summer Program runs from June 1 - August 31
Contact Us
For more information about the Junior Volunteer Summer Program or to request a printed copy of the application and reference form, please contact our volunteer coordinator at 919-954-3887 or email us for more information.
