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The Junior Volunteer Program offers youth ages 14-17 an opportunity to participate in departments throughout the hospital. Junior Volunteers provide thousands of hours of valuable service to patients, families, and staff, while gaining experience and self-confidence for themselves. This popular program is great way for teens to spend the summer!
Junior Volunteers may serve patients and families in a variety of settings including, but not limited to: Flower Delivery, Mail Delivery, Pharmacy, Gift Shop, Surgical Admissions Suite and Operating Room, as well as various inpatient units. A complete list of volunteer opportunities for JVs is provided with the application materials.
Click here to view a three minute video on the Junior Volunteer Program. http://www.healthsystem.virginia.edu/internet/uvalink/onlinearchives/junior_volunteers.cfm
The application & timeline for the 8 week program begins in winter each year and includes the following steps:
- Interested applicants would pick up an application at the Volunteer Services office located at University Hospital, Room 1650, Monday - Friday, 8:30 - 5:00. Free parking in Visitor's Garage when you bring your ticket with you to pick up your application.
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Completed applications, which include essay questions and 2 letters of recommendation are due back in the Volunteer Office by 5:00 PM Friday, early March.
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Early Spring: If selected to participate in a group interview, successful candidates will be contacted. These volunteers must demonstrate enthusiasm, maturity and desire to serve others. (Space in the program is limited, unfortunately, and we regret that we are unable to accept every applicant).
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Employee Health Requirements: Students who are selected to participate must visit Employee Health for compulsory Tuberculosis screens during designated times in the Spring. In addition, documentation is required of 2 MMR vaccines and 2 varicella vaccines or date the teen contracted Chicken Pox. A Tdap vaccine will be required if documentation of tetanus is more than 2 years old.
- All selected Junior Volunteers, returning and new, must attend a Mandatory Orientation in June. If you are not able to attend this mandatory meeting then we will be unable to offer you a position as a Junior Volunteer this summer.
- Commit to a minimum of six weeks of weekly service during the 2010 eight week program (June 15th - August 7th). In order to allow for family vacation or summer camp, weeks do not need to be consecutive.
In appreciation for their service, JVs who complete the summer program and their families will be invited to a PARTY on the last day of the program. Certificates of achievement and awards for cumulative hours of service will be presented.
The Junior Volunteer Program is co-sponsored by the Department of Volunteer Services and the UVa Hospital Auxiliary. Each year, the Auxiliary offers the Pat and Frank Dawson Scholarship each year to a former Junior Volunteer who has been accepted into a post-high school health care training program. Applications are available through the Volunteer Office. Application deadline April 1st.
Elizabeth Mathews and Alexandra La Rosa are the 2009 recipients of the Pat and Frank Dawson Scholarship. Sara Templeman, Scholarship Chairperson, presented each with a $1,250 scholarship. Both students will be attending the Universary of Virginia Nursing Program.
Photo of: Sara Templeman, Elizabeth Mathews, Alexandra La Rosa
and Lynda Dunn, Past President
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