Volunteers at State Hospital Facilities

Each facility has volunteers, including an office whose staff has oversight of the volunteer program.

Volunteer activities include:

• adopting a unit,
• clerical assistance,
• holiday celebrations and multicultural activities,
• landscaping,
• art, music, and pet therapies,
• processing donated clothing and other items, and
• providing entertainment or recreational activities

Each facility also has a separate non-profit organization, the Volunteer Services Council (VSC), which provides support for volunteer activities. Fundraising activities and donations through the VSC enables the volunteers to sponsor patient and volunteer activities and to provide items, which the state cannot purchase.

If you would like to volunteer at a state hospital facility, please visit the website for the facility you are interested in volunteering with:

• Austin State Hospital (mental health facility)
• Big Spring State Hospital (mental health facility)
• Kerrville State Hospital (mental health facility)
• North Texas State Hospital (mental health facility)
• Rio Grande State Center / South Texas Health Care System (mental health, mental retardation, and public health facility)
• Rusk State Hospital (mental health facility)
• San Antonio State Hospital State Hospital (mental health facility)
• Terrell State Hospital (mental health facility)
• Texas Center for Infectious Disease (public health facility for the treatment of Tuberculosis)
• Waco Center for Youth (facility for teen-agers, ages 13 through 17, with emotional difficulties and/or behavioral problems)

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