A junior volunteer helping out a patient

Becoming a Junior Volunteer

Enloe Health’s Junior Volunteer Program offers high school students the opportunity to enhance the experiences of patients and visitors. Junior volunteers serve at the Guest Services desk and in the Enloe Health Gift Shop, which are located inside Enloe Health Enloe Medical Center.

This is a year-round program, starting in June and ending the following year in May. Junior volunteers:

  • Greet and escort visitors and patients
  • Deliver gifts and mail
  • Handle the Gift Shop’s inventory and promote sales
  • Deliver lab specimens
  • Discharge patients
  • Provide comfort items

Benefits

Serving as a junior volunteer in this year-round program is an enriching opportunity that helps participants build a diverse skillset. This includes gaining experience in areas such as:

  • Customer service in health care
  • Retail sales
  • Community service
  • Education and career exploration

Please note that this program is not clinical. There will be no direct contact or observation of hospitalized patients.

All junior volunteers in good standing receive a letter of recommendation. Additionally, junior volunteers who are high school seniors are eligible to apply for a scholarship.

Requirements

Junior Volunteer Program 2026-2027 applications are available to students who:

  • Are enrolled to attend high school 2026-2027 as a junior or senior
  • Have a current weighted GPA of at least 3.0
  • Are able to volunteer for one 2-hour shift per week, Monday through Sunday

Applicants who meet the requirements will be invited to interview with a panel. If accepted into the program, mandatory health and safety training, program orientation, and on-the-job training will be scheduled. The application period for the 2026-2027 service year is April 11 through April 30.

Apply to the 2026-2027 Junior Volunteer Program

Please note that the 2026-27 Junior Volunteer application will open on April 11.

The application site will close once we receive 20 applications or on April 30, whichever occurs first.

A junior volunteer assisting a caregiver2026-2027 Program

  • Applications accepted: April 11-30, 2026
  • Interviews: May 18 & 19, 2026
  • Orientation: June 24, 2026
  • Two weekdays of training between these dates: June 29 to July 9, 2026
  • Volunteering: July 13, 2026, to May 7, 2027

Contact Us

Enloe Health Volunteer Services

Phone: 530-332-4575

Contact Us Online

1465 Esplanade
Chico, CA 95926

Hours: Monday through Friday,
8 a.m. to 4 p.m.