Volunteer
Volunteer requirements
Shift information
Each volunteer works a three hour shift every other week. Shifts are available seven days a week. The three hour blocks are as follows:
9:00 am – 12:00 pm
3:00 – 6:00 pm
12:00 – 3:00 pm
6:00 – 9:00 pm
Two volunteers are assigned to each shift. You are responsible for your shift. It is your obligation to find a substitute when conflicts arise with your shift.
Job responsibilities
- Checking in and checking out families
- Answering phones
- Giving house tours
- Bookkeeping
- Routine tasks for daily operation of the House
- Helping out with family chores
Time commitment
Community Residents: 1 year minimum commitment
University Students: 8 month minimum commitment
Training/orientation
Orientation begins with a House tour. Formal training occurs on your first shift
Miscellaneous information
As a volunteer at the Ronald McDonald House, you have limited contact with children. The house is a haven for the families of the sick children. Since you will interact with individuals from all geographic, socio-economic and ethnic/racial backgrounds, you must be compassionate, responsible, flexible and most of all, able to have fun! We hope that this provides the information you are searching for and that the Ronald McDonald House is a good match for your time and energy. If you would like to become a volunteer at the House, please complete the Volunteer Information Form below.
Volunteer Information Form