Program Overview

  • Promoting community engagement through volunteerism
  • Teaches new skills and offer experiences through volunteer work
  • Complete a service learning project or donation drive
  • Earn volunteer hours for school and service based organizations
  • Provide funding opportunities to hospital departments
  • Award $50,000 in funding to UMC departments
  • Teach volunteers about hospital operations and patient care
  • Apply communication, conflict resolution, & consensus-building


Volunteer Corps/Volunteer Congress Facilitated by UMC Foundation

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Volunteer Corps

Volunteers are always needed. You can give of your talents and skills in various areas within the Foundation. The Foundation strives to provide all interested volunteers opportunities for meaningful service that fit a wide range of skill sets and time availability. The Volunteer Corps supports the Foundation’s mission by assisting with donation drives, event preparation and event support for fundraisers, community outreach events, and various other activities. To register as an UMC Foundation volunteer, please fill out our form to complete your volunteer application.

You may also print the application and mail to:

UMC Foundation of El Paso
Attn:  Carolyn Williams
303 N. Oregon, Suite 1200
El Paso, Texas 79901 

Questions? Call (915) 521-7229 or email CWilliams@umcelpaso.org.

Volunteer Congress

Funds raised by the Foundation’s Volunteer Corps will be awarded to departments within UMC  at a biennial Volunteer Congress. UMC department  leadership is invited to submit a grant application ranging between $5,000 and $10,000 to fund equipment, supplies, or resources that will improve the department’s efficiency, and the quality of care provided to patients. This event is a unique opportunity for Foundation volunteers to review grant applications and hear brief presentations from department leaders at UMC. Following the presentations, volunteers ask questions, discuss, vote, and determine which applications will be will be awarded a grant, and the amount of the award.

2,338

Registered Volunteers

8,982

Volunteer Hours Logged

$130,000

Allocated since 2016