Volunteer

Join a caring community of volunteers who transform lives. Together, we can make countless wishes come true.

Your time and unique talents are critical to bringing strength and hope to wish kids when they need it the most. In fact, our volunteers are at the heart of every wish experience.

Make-A-Wish volunteers consider their work impactful and meaningful. And, their efforts are rewarded—not in dollars or cents, but in the incredible difference they make in the lives of our wish kids. Volunteers even have the freedom to choose when and how they would like to help transform lives in our community.

Volunteer Types

We understand that you want to volunteer but might not know where your skills and talents best lie. Check out our volunteer opportunities and see where you can best help make wishes come true.

Wish Granter

Work with a partner to meet with wish kids and their families to help determine their heartfelt wishes, and then work with our staff to make those wishes a reality. Wish granting volunteers must be 18 years old.

Wish Discovery Volunteer

As a single volunteer or member of a wish team, Wish Discovery Volunteers meet with the child to explore wish ideas, and they act as a liaison between Make-A-Wish staff and the wish family to help complete required paperwork.

Wish Pal Volunteer

Contact assigned wish families monthly either by phone, cards, or email to build anticipation and excitement and keep in touch with the family. This role is remote and doesn’t require in-person meetings with families.

Wish Celebration Volunteer

Plan and execute a celebration when the child’s wish is granted. This may be at the child’s home or at a public location such as a restaurant or Wish Granting Partner business. May include soliciting in-kind donations or skills, such as a photographer.

Wish Family Onboarding Volunteer

This position will assist chapter staff with miscellaneous tasks related to wish family onboarding including phone calls, data entry, filing, mailings, etc.

Conduct wish family welcome calls; record conversation notes within digital database and update appropriate staff prior timely. Follow-up and respond to general inquiries from newly eligible wish families. Create, print & mail wish family welcome letters and wish child certificates. Obtain updated address/contact information for any wish family returned mail.

Translator/Interpreter

Help facilitate wish experiences for non-English-speaking families. Translators attend wish visit and phone calls, but they are not directly involved in planning wishes.

Office Volunteer

Assist with various projects at our chapter office, including phone calls, mailings and research.

Events Volunteer

Plan, organize and implement successful fundraising events by working on committees, helping on event day and/or participating in the event.

Skill-Based Volunteer

Use your professional skills and knowledge on an as-needed basis to provide much-needed skills such as reading and writing in multiple languages, graphic design, photography, landscaping and more.

Speaker’s Bureau Volunteer

Present key information and share stories about Make-A-Wish Texas Gulf Coast and Louisiana to increase support and educate audiences on our mission.

Your Make-A-Wish Journey Starts Today

At every level of the organization, volunteers are critical to the mission. Get started today and soon you can bring hope and joy to local children with critical illnesses as a Make-A-Wish volunteer.

Volunteer Application

*Please download and complete the New Volunteer Application below, or select "Apply Now" to submit your application digitally. You can also scan the paperwork to our Volunteer Manager, Nikki Eliason, at [email protected]

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*Existing volunteers will sign a Conflict of Interest annually.

*Background Check: Due to the nature of our work, select volunteer positions require a criminal background check performed every three years. Our criminal background check search includes a social security number verification and search of all aliases used by the individual, as well as all records in the counties in which the individual has resided for at least seven years and in a national database. Make-A-Wish does not employ or utilize as a volunteer any individual who has been convicted of a crime that (a) victimizes children, (b) is sexual in nature, or (c) involves violence, fraud, or significant theft. Please contact us with any questions.