Our volunteers are central to the success of the Streetlight program, and as program professionals, we highly prioritize supporting our volunteer team throughout the often emotional service work that Streetlight involves. Volunteers undergo roughly 10 hours of orientation training before they begin serving on a volunteer shift, and throughout…
Visitation This is the core of the program – companioning with teens in the hospital. A visitation team goes into the teen rooms every afternoon, with an offer to provide movies, play a game of cards, talk, make a ShandsSpace, give Mom & Dad a coffee/food break, hear their…
Applications Our application cycle is currently closed. Our next application cycle will be for the Fall 2024 semester, and the application cycle opens July 1st and closes July 31st. Requirements for Streetlight Volunteer Applicants…
Palliative Care is not hospice. Palliative care and hospice care are often confused because both are forms of comfort care, but hospice care is comfort care for someone dying with a chronic or life-threatening illness. Palliative Care is comfort care for someone living with it. What they have in…
