Prospective Volunteers

We love and appreciate the hundreds of dedicated volunteers at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford and Stanford Medicine Children’s Health. Whether they’re reading a bedtime story to a child, cuddling newborn babies or welcoming visitors to our hospital, volunteers are an important part of the extraordinary care we provide.

Volunteer Requirements

• 6 month commitment (some programs require 1 year).
• 1 shift per week.
• The shifts are 2-3 hours long.

The volunteer onboarding process is as follows:

• Register for an available online orientation – please view the Adult registration process or the Teen registration process for future registration dates.
• Complete the interview questionnaire. 
• Sign up for an interview. 
• If accepted into the program, the potential volunteer will be asked to complete the online application including submitting two references. This will be discussed further during the interview.
• Complete the online compliance course. 
• Submit a background check (free of charge). You will receive correspondence about completing the background check process once you have completed the online courses.
• Complete the health requirements with Workforce Health and Wellness. You will receive information about obtaining your health clearances after your background check report comes back. 
• Wait to hear about placement and then a start date from your volunteer supervisor. 

We appreciate your interest in volunteering at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford. We are fortunate to have many people interested in volunteering.

Registrations for our monthly volunteer orientation fill up quickly due to high demand. To begin the volunteer process, view the links below:

Adult volunteer process >

Teen volunteer process >