Volunteer Opportunities at UPMC Facilities

The Book it Forward program provides gently used books of all genres to patients. Volunteers help collect books and promote the program to increase growth.

Accepting Book it Forward volunteers at:

• UPMC Jameson

Many office settings throughout UPMC need volunteers for:

• Filing and organizing
• Faxing
• Answering phones
• Computer work
• Mailroom tasks

Accepting clerical volunteers at:

• UPMC Altoona
• UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh (see: Hospital Volunteer Program)
• UPMC Jameson
• UPMC Mercy
• UPMC Pinnacle
• UPMC Presbyterian/UPMC Montefiore
• UPMC Senior Communities
• UPMC Shadyside

Volunteers help the UPMC Jameson Health Care Foundation with:

• Event planning and promotions
• Fundraising
• Taking donations

Accepting foundation volunteers at:

• UPMC Jameson

Gift shop volunteers:

• Greet and assist customers
• Help at the cash register
• Restock items as needed

Accepting gift shop volunteers at:

• UPMC Altoona
• UPMC Kane
• UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital
• UPMC Pinnacle

Volunteers greet and help visitors and families find their way throughout the hospital.

Accepting greeters and info desk volunteers at:

• UPMC Altoona
• UPMC East
• UPMC Hillman Cancer Center
• UPMC Horizon
• UPMC Jameson
• UPMC Kane
• UPMC Passavant
• UPMC Pinnacle
• UPMC St. Margaret

Volunteers act as a liaison between ICU staff and a patient's loved ones in the waiting room.

Accepting ICU waiting room volunteers at:

• UPMC East
• UPMC Presbyterian/UPMC Montefiore

People who have an interest in research and medicine can volunteer to help UPMC researchers with a range of tasks.

Duties include:

• Tissue and cell cultures
• Gene transfection
• Solution prep
• Chromosome karyotyping
• Cell labeling
• Staining and filing slides
• Cleaning glassware
• Imaging analyses
• Library research
• Data recording and analyses

Accepting lab research volunteers at:

• UPMC Hillman Cancer Center

Assist with light stocking of floors and providing non – isolation patient rooms with puzzles or reading materials as requested.

Accepting magazine cart volunteers at:

• UPMC East

Assist the nursing education department with classroom material preparation and special events.

Accepting nursing unit volunteers at:

• UPMC East

Services projects are a great way to work with friends, family, and members of your community to benefit UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh.

Ways you can help include:

• Fundraising
• Gift-in-Kind Donations
• Toy Donations

Learn more about the Service Project Program at UPMC Children's Hospital.