My Little Waiting Room offers a fun, safe, drop-in child care environment for children whose families are tending to medical appointments or visiting patients at Providence St. Vincent Medical Center or Providence Portland Medical Center. The program is designed specifically for children aged 6 weeks to 10 years old.
Operated by Volunteers of America Oregon, the service is professionally staffed and fully licensed to care for up to 15 children at a time at St. Vincent and 12 at Portland.
Drop-in care is available, however, if you plan to have an appointment at the hospital, we highly recommend you reserve a space in advance for your children at My Little Waiting Room. If you require more than 90 minutes of care, reservations are required. For reservations, please call
503-216-6597, St. Vincent
503-215-5400, Portland
or email us.
To ease the check-in process, please read the Policies and Agreement Form and pre-register before coming in for your first visit.
The service is funded solely by donations. We encourage a suggested donation of $10 per family/per visit.
To protect hospital patients and visitors, all children in care are required to be fever free and symptom free for at least 24 hours prior to drop-off.
My Little Waiting Room closure days are as follows:
New Year's Day (January 1)
Martin Luther King D (January 21)
President's Day (February 18)
Memorial Day (May 27)
Staff Training - closed at 3pm (June 14)
Independence Day (July 4)
Labor Day (September 2)
Staff Training - closed at 3pm (September 13)
Staff Meeting - open late at 10am (September 26)
Staff Training Conference (October 11)
Staff Meeting - closed at 3pm (October 18)
Staff Training Conference (November 19)
Thanksgiving Day (November 28)
Day after Thanksgiving (November 29) - Closed for a SPECIAL BLACK FRIDAY CHILDCARE (BFC) EVENT!!! See "Forms & Information" for the "BFC Flyer & Registration Form."
Staff Training - closed at 3pm (December 13)
Christmas Eve (December 24)
Christmas Day (December 25)
New Year's Eve (December 31)
My Little Waiting Room was created by two Portland moms to help families make and keep medical appointments. Read more about them and the My Little Waiting Room project.