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Volunteering at UFHealth

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…

Types of Teams

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…

Application Process

Applications Our application cycle for the Summer 2024 semester opens March 1st and closes March 29th. Requirements for Streetlight Volunteer Applicants Must be a UF undergraduate that will be a Sophomore or Junior for the current…

What is Palliative Care?

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…