Boston Medical Center

Volunteer details

Volunteer contact email: Volunteer.Services@bmc.org

The Volunteer Services Department at BMC is dedicated to helping BMC fulfill its mission of providing consistently excellent and accessible health services to all in need of care, regardless of status or ability to pay. Our volunteers continue to grow and support staff, patients and families. For more information about volunteer opportunities at this hospital, visit the Boston Medical Center volunteer website.

Volunteer placements & services

Volunteer Visitor; Entertainment Cart; Compassionate Companion; Food Pantry; BMC Ambassador; Cancer Resource Volunteer; Boston Center for Refugee Health and Human Rights; Telehealth

Application process

1. Complete the Online BMC Volunteer Application. Submit 2 letters of reference preferably emailed to volunteer.services@bmc.org. Reference letters must be emailed from the reference or be in a pdf document (we do not accept word documents from the volunteer applicant). References can be from anyone other than a relative and the letter must speak to the volunteer's character, interest, and strengths that would make him/her a suitable volunteer at BMC. Please allow a minimum of two weeks from the time both references are received to be contacted by Volunteer Services. We receive more applications than the available volunteer position openings, therefore, we cannot guarantee that all volunteer applicants will be placed into a volunteer position. If you are placed in a volunteer position, you are required to submit your immunization records. Once we receive your immunizations and you have a confirmed volunteer placement we will reach out to you to schedule a 90 minute volunteer orientation. All volunteers complete a CORI background check.