Provide relaxing music to enhance the environment of the Yawkey 1 lobby and Yawkey 2 waiting area. Volunteers will work closely with the Program Manager to ensure that high-quality service is delivered.
Assist our customers in choosing that special gift for any occasion staff the Friends Corner Gift Shop. You’ll have the opportunity to offer words of encouragement to patients living with cancer. We need dependable, reliable, attentive people who are willing to give a full day every week.
As a trained volunteer, under the guidance of the licensed massage therapist, you’ll provide a 15-minute hand massage. The service is the application of a gentle, tender, soothing, touch to the hands.
Provide a warm and welcoming presence for patients and their families and attend to patients’ comfort needs. Provide refreshments and engage in friendly conversation with patients and their families.
Provide patients, family members, visitors, and staff with friendly and helpful volunteers who offer directions; escort patients to appointments while helping answer questions along the way; provide one-on-one support to help a patient or family member — someone who might otherwise feel lost and overwhelmed, and provide information about Dana-Farber programs and resources.
Participate in our summer program. Applications are required & due the 1st Friday in April.
The Information Desk is the first point of contact for patients coming to Dana-Farber. The staff and volunteers, therefore, set the tone for all patient visits. Patients may need assistance with their appointments for the day, directions to their clinic, and other areas. You’ll make sure this process is as seamless for patients as possible.
Chaplain associate volunteers are an essential service within the Center for Spiritual Care at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, providing spiritual and religious support to patients, families, and staff. Cancer can be a challenging and demanding experience, and chaplain associate volunteers – along with staff chaplains – are an integral part of the health care team offering…
The goal of the Reiki Volunteer Program is to provide a Reiki treatment upon request, or by referral, for every patient walking through the doors of Dana-Farber on the day of their first visit for treatment of their disease. Certified Reiki practitioners, under the guidance of Zakim Center staff, will provide complimentary 15-minute Reiki Treatments…
Assist at the Concierge Service desk and help patients find information about resources at Dana-Farber and the Boston community. You’ll work closely with the Program Manager to ensure that patients and families are directed in a timely manner to the services and programs they’re looking for.