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VolunTEEN Summer Program

Spend your summer with the American Red Cross!

The American Red Cross VolunTEEN program is a unique service learning experience for local teenagers between the ages of 14 and 17. Every summer, a cohort of VolunTEENs joins the American Red Cross Service to the Armed Forces team to support at military clinics and hospitals across the region.

Participants gain valuable hands-on experience in a healthcare setting, strengthen leadership and teamwork skills, meet other local teens and – most importantly – have a direct impact in supporting local service members and military families.

Last year, the Red Cross VolunTEENs logged more than 5,000 volunteer hours! 

Applications for the summer 2027 VolunTEEN cohort will open in spring 2027.

Maryland:

Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda

Program dates: June 29 to July 31 (five weeks)

Applications due: March 20, 2026 and selected participants will be notified by mid-April

Other important details:

  • Participants must be between 14 and 17 years old for the duration of the program (through July 31)
  • Participants must work a minimum of two half-day volunteer shifts at the clinic each week, either 8 am to noon, or noon to 4 pm (to be assigned); plus a training course every Wednesday, 9 am to noon.
  • Participants who miss more than one week of the program will not be given a certificate of completion.
  • All participants must be U.S. citizens.
  • Students who fail to meet on-boarding requirements after being accepted into the program forfeit their place in the program to the next student on the waitlist.

Questions: Call 301-295-1538

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Virginia:

Program locations:

  • Alexander T. Augusta Military Medical Center on Fort Belvoir
  • Naval Health Clinic at Marine Corp Base Quantico
  • DiLorenzo Clinic at the Pentagon
     

Program dates: June 29 through Aug. 7 (six weeks)

Applications due: March 27, 2026 and selected participants will be notified by mid-April

Other important details:

  • Participants must be between 14 and 17 years old for the duration of the program (through Aug. 7).
  • Participants must attend a mandatory orientation:
    • June 20 for the Fort Belvoir and DiLorenzo programs
    • June 22 for Quantico
  • Participants must work a minimum of two half-day volunteer shifts at the clinic each week, either 8 am to noon, or noon to 4 pm (to be assigned); plus a workshop every Wednesday.
  • Participants who miss more than one week of the program will not be given a certificate of completion. Applicants who have schedule conflicts for more than one week of the program will not be accepted.
  • All participants must provide proof of flu vaccination.
  • Students who fail to meet on-boarding requirements after being accepted into the program forfeit their place in the program to the next student on the waitlist.
  • Hospital policy mandates that all participants must be U.S. citizens.
     

Questions: Call 571-231-4160 or email NCGCRVolunteen@redcross.org

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