Volunteers at The Woman's Hospital of Texas give one of their most valuable assets - time. Currently, our volunteer programs are on hold. Please check back in September 2023 for updates.

Adult volunteer opportunities

Adult care and ancillary support

Adult care and ancillary support volunteers provide tremendous value to our hospital staff through administrative office support, assisting our nursing unit secretaries with patient support, and helping our guests navigate the facility by providing much needed information and guidance in our surgical services family waiting rooms.

Volunteer program requirements:

  • All adult program volunteers must be 18 years old or older
  • All volunteers must be fully vaccinated
  • Child life cuddle care program volunteers must be 21 years old or older
  • All volunteer opportunities are a six-month to one-year commitment
  • Child life and adult care volunteer shifts are Monday through Friday, 8:00am to 5:00pm.

NICU cuddle care program

Our neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) cuddle care program places volunteers on our NICU to cuddle and hold infants who need additional attention. We currently do not have any open shifts or a wait list. We will post when we are accepting applications.

Child life pediatric unit program

The child life pediatric unit program provides playtime opportunities for patients and their siblings in our specially designed playroom. When a patient is unable to go to the playroom, volunteers may take toys and activities to patient rooms and spend time entertaining our young patients in their room. Volunteers will help clean toys, clean the playroom, organize child life supplies, and other tasks as needed. Four hour shifts are available Monday - Friday.

Junior volunteer program (ages 15-17)

Our 2023 junior volunteer program is currently closed to applicants. Please check back next spring for our 2024 opportunities.

Junior volunteer requirements:

  • All junior volunteers must be between the ages of 15-17 years old
  • All volunteers must be fully vaccinated
  • All junior volunteers must be currently enrolled in school and in good standing

We receive many applicants every year, but unfortunately, due to a limited number of positions available, we are not able to accept all students who apply. The application process begins March 1 and ends March 31 of each year.

We do not currently offer a summer program specifically for college students.