MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER TEEN VOLUNTEER LEADERSHIP PROGRAM IN CANCER CARE

What Is It?: One of the world’s most respected centers devoted exclusively to cancer patient care, research, education, and prevention.

Help Needed: Assist for 4 weeks in the summer, helping in various positions including refreshment carts, patient navigation, and clinic assistant. Program is currently closed; check website for COVID-related updates.

Minimum Age to Volunteer: Students must be between the ages of 14 (by June 1) and 18 to be considered.

Help Needed

TEEN VOLUNTEER LEADERSHIP PROGRAM

Teen positions include Clinic Assistant, Gift Shop, Coffee Cart, Hat Cart, Beverage Cart, Popcorn Cart, and Patient Navigator. Each volunteer fulfills a morning position (8 AM – Noon) and then reports to a different position for the afternoon shift (1-5 PM). Teen volunteers also attend learning opportunities, including presentations representing different departments and tours throughout the institution.

Information about the upcoming summer program is posted in December, and applications are due in late January.

Time Commitment:

The summer program commitment is four weeks, with service on Monday-Thursday, 8 AM -5 PM. There are two program sessions.

Participants may not be absent more than four shifts (equivalent to two days) during the program.

Suitable for Groups of Volunteers?

Training Needed:

Teens selected for the program will attend a mandatory full day of training on the first Monday of each session.

Typically, teen volunteers who have been and continue to be successful MD Anderson volunteers are good at time management, teamwork, communication, and taking initiative.

Contact:

Visit the program’s web page, call 713-792-7180, or email [email protected].

Website:

https://www.mdanderson.org/donors-volunteers/volunteer/teen-volunteer-leadership-program.html

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center Volunteers Video

(10 minutes 57 seconds) (2011)