Now Accepting Applications
Join the next class of trained volunteers, be the presence that changes someone’s hardest day
“Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.”
~ Galatians 6:2
Many patients in hospitals and care facilities go days without a visitor. You can change that.
When you put on your Bedside Village t-shirt and step into a hospital room, you are not just volunteering. You are becoming the hands and feet of Christ in one of the loneliest places a person can find themselves.
Your presence, unhurried, warm, and genuinely caring, is itself the work. A scripture card or a small note is just a way of leaving the visit behind once you have gone.
Choose the role that fits your schedule, skills, and calling.
Sit with patients, caregivers, and waiting-room families in hospitals, nursing homes, and rehab centers. Listen. Pray with those who want prayer. Be present for those who do not have words.
Help from your kitchen table. Write encouragement notes, prepare scripture-card packets, and help us keep our resource library (prayer guide, hospital companion, grief journey) ready for families in crisis.
Have a gift you do not see listed? We need event-day helpers, social-media support, drivers, translators (Kreyol and Francais especially), and prayer warriors who quietly cover every visit. Tell us how God has wired you.
Note: our seasonal Christmas Gift Program is on pause for 2026 and will be reassessed in October. If you are interested in being notified when it reopens, mention it in your application below.
Bedside Village is built on presence, not products. Volunteers carry a few simple, lightweight items that help them connect well at the bedside.
Leave one with every patient or family member who wants follow-up. They carry the website and a way to reach us.
A short printed scripture and prayer to offer gently. Most people in a medical setting welcome it; some keep it on the bedside table for weeks.
For families to jot questions for doctors, medication names, or notes between rounds. Often more useful than anything else you carry.
The most important thing you bring. Ask one open question, then sit quietly. Most patients have not been heard in days.
Spend a few minutes praying before you walk into a room. The Spirit often guides the visit more than the agenda you arrived with.
We actively recruit from three groups, each brings different gifts to the work.
Earn community service hours for graduation, NHS, college applications, or personal faith. We provide a certificate of service and reference letters.
Build your resume with documented, meaningful service experience. Many programs require service-learning hours, we can be an approved placement.
Retired healthcare workers, social workers, and chaplains bring invaluable insight. Couples can serve together. Adults serve as lead volunteers and team coordinators.
Seven steps from application to your first bedside visit. Every advocate goes through the same training, because the families we serve deserve our best.
Fill out the application below. Tell us which roles interest you and a little about yourself.
Monthly sessions offered in-person or virtually. Learn about our work, the facilities we serve, and what to expect.
Required for all volunteers serving in medical facilities. The cost is covered by ECO Relationships.
All volunteers must complete the BVP Advocate Training Program covering patient interaction, HIPAA basics, comfort kit protocols, spiritual care, and facility-specific requirements.
Pick up your Bedside Village t-shirt, scripture-card pack, and name badge at your first volunteer assembly event.
You are never sent alone your first time. An experienced volunteer walks with you and answers your questions.
After two supervised visits, you are cleared to serve independently. Welcome to the team.
“For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.”~ Ephesians 2:10
Ready to join? The full application takes about 5 minutes. We will be in touch within 3,5 business days.
The application covers your background, availability, emergency contact, and the required acknowledgments (background check, training, code of conduct). Everything is kept confidential.
Accepted applicants will be invited to the next training cohort. You are never sent alone on your first visits.
“The Lord has appeared of old to me, saying: ‘Yes, I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore with lovingkindness I have drawn you.’”~ Jeremiah 31:3