Call your doctor before leaving home if you think you’ve been exposed to COVID-19 or have symptoms

Due to the presence of COVID-19 in our community, visitor restrictions are in place for all Duke clinics and hospitals. For your safety and the safety of others, we recommend patients do not bring a visitor to Duke clinics, if at all possible. If a visitor must accompany a patient, only one individual over 12 years of age is allowed. Patients and visitors will be screened for symptoms upon arrival. Individuals with flu-like symptoms are not allowed. View the complete list of Visitor Restrictions.

Effective immediately, Duke Health is prioritizing and rescheduling some non-emergent or non-critical surgeries, procedures, and appointments. Check our COVID-19 (Coronavirus) page for updates.

Duke Children's Hospital & Health Center

Volunteer at Duke Children's Hospital

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Visitor Restrictions

Starting March 23, updated visitor restrictions are in place at Duke Health. No visitors will be allowed into our hospitals until further notice with some limited exceptions. Learn More.

Child and Adolescent Life Program

The Duke Children's Child and Adolescent Life Program provides a great opportunity for volunteers to work directly with children and the Child and Adolescent Life team to provide supervision and play for children in the inpatient playrooms. Using games, puzzles, art, and other imaginative and appropriate play, volunteers give pediatric patients the opportunity to enjoy different activities while making the hospital experience less stressful. Experienced volunteers may also work at bedside to help a child enjoy quieter activities - such as reading a story, painting fingernails or assembling a puzzle.

Duke Children’s Development

Want to help fundraise for Duke Children's? You can assist our development team! We rely on passionate community members to help us achieve our mission of raising as much money as possible for Duke Children's. Funds are used to enhance patient care, education, research, and advocacy at our hospital. Every dollar makes a difference, and you can help us increase support for Duke Children's by volunteering at events, visiting fundraising retailers to say thank you, making phone calls, writing thank-you cards, and more. Once you sign up, you will receive an email approximately once or twice per month with upcoming volunteer opportunities and associated training sessions.

Contact Duke Children's Development, 919-385-3138 or visit our Volunteer page for more information on becoming a volunteer.