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VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
Often time people who have dealt with a cancer diagnosis want to support others with cancer. Whether you are a cancer survivor or a family member or friend of someone living with cancer, you have a lot of valuable experience that can help others facing cancer. Becoming a volunteer makes an important difference in someone else’s life and often makes a positive difference in your own life. Being a volunteer offers different rewards for everyone. In fact, many volunteers say sharing their time makes them feel good, helps to build new friendships, and widens their network of support.
“Volunteers do not go unpaid because they are worthless...but because they are priceless.”
Ways to Volunteer
Special Events & Fundraising
Events & fundraising volunteers contribute in crucial ways by helping with the organization and leadership of local and national events and other fundraising initiatives. Its a great opportunity to help Melanoma Canada provide education to patients across Canada as well as raise vital funds to support Canadians impacted by melanoma and skin cancer.
Some of our events include:
7 Summits Snowshoe Challenge for Skin Cancer
Strides for Melanoma
Golf & Grill
Yorkville Exotic Car Show
Smash Out Skin Cancer
Patient Support & Peer To Peer Volunteer
Providing patients with someone who has been down the same path can provide immeasurable support. Become a trained peer, share stories, act as a supportive mentor and provide support.
If you’ve been diagnosed with melanoma or skin cancer or have been a caregiver to someone with melanoma or skin cancer, you can offer hope and support to others. We provide extensive training and ongoing support for all of our Peer to Peer volunteers.
Leadership Volunteers
Our leadership volunteers contribute their professional skills, experience, knowledge, and networks to support Melanoma Canada at a more strategic level.
Some examples of a leadership volunteer role:
Join an event committee, providing professional knowledge to our local fundraising events
Join our advisory groups, providing guidance and innovative solution to further the organization’s strategy
Lead groups of local volunteers on specific, defined areas of work such as advocacy Melanoma & Skin Cancer Information Session Speaker
Work with local media to distribute public service announcements and other materials to newspapers, television, and radio stations
Information Volunteers
Information volunteers are critical in helping Melanoma Canada reach Canadians whose lives have been changed by melanoma and skin cancer. Information volunteers deliver melanoma and skin cancer support tools and information within your local community or across Canada.
Some examples of a Information volunteer role:
Run melanoma information tables at Cancer Centres
Deliver our printed materials to local hospitals and health clinics
Deliver melanoma prevention and early detection messages
Promote healthy living and risk reduction messages in schools, community groups, cultural organizations and in the workplace by making presentations and setting up displays
General Volunteers
Whether you’re interested in building transferable office skills, helping maintain our databases, or supporting administration tasks, becoming an office support volunteer is a great way of joining a team and contributing directly to our work.
Some examples of an office support role:
Support our patient support team in preparing resource packages
Work with our donor relations team to maintain our database and process information
Help your local team in the run up to organizing an event
Corporate Volunteer
Melanoma Canada offers corporate volunteer opportunities suited to your company’s interests and availability.
Please contact our volunteer coordinator.
Are you interested in a student placement?
For information about student placement opportunities contact our volunteer coordinator Mary Zawadzki 1.877.560.8035 x108 or email volunteer@melanomacanada.ca
Find a Dermatologist Near You
Access to a list of rapid access clinics, mole mapping clinics and other skin cancer specialists across Canada. Additional resources from the Canadian Dermatology Association are provided.
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