Duke Children's Hospital & Health Center

Volunteer at Duke Children's Hospital

Visitor Restrictions

Updated visitor restrictions are in effect. Please note that screening for patients and visitors at the Duke Children's Health Center is available Monday - Friday, 6:00 am - 5:00 pm.

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.