High School Volunteers

The Junior Program is an 8-week volunteer opportunity for High School students looking to learn more about how hospitals run while giving back to their community. We offer a limited number of positions each summer at the UNC Medical Center in Chapel Hill and Hillsborough.

The Junior Program is a true volunteer opportunity, it is not a shadow experience. Volunteer tasks typically include answering call bells, wayfinding, clerical work, stocking, and other supportive duties.

Only applicants are to contact us with questions or concerns.

2025 Summer Program information will be updated by January 1st, 2025.

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Please check back January 2025 for application opening date.

Contact

Chapel Hill Program

Leslie Wilhoit

Hillsborough Campus Program

Jodie Skoff

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Volunteer Stories

  • Volunteer Eric Wang and others pose for a group picture

    Eric Wang volunteers at UNC to gain invaluable experience on what it means to be a member of the healthcare system. He says “There is both personal fulfillment and patient satisfaction in volunteering, seen in the smiles I give and receive along the way. In other words, it's my pleasure!”

  • UNC Tar Heel Paws Pet Dog Maggie May

    Meet Maggie May, a soulful rescue dog who co-volunteers with Garry Lipson. Maggie began volunteering at UNC when she was two. From the beginning of her first assignment in the Children’s Hospital, she seemed to know her job. 

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  • UNC Volunteer Angelina Gayle

    Why I Volunteer: By Angelina Gayle - Ronald McDonald House Volunteer

    I want to touch the lives of as many people as I can through volunteering. I encourage everyone to volunteer and impact the life of another as well as make a difference one day at a time, one person at a time.