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Volunteer
Opportunities Project Compassion helps connect people with meaningful volunteer
opportunities. We want you to do
what you enjoy doing when you want to do it.
Check any areas that interest you. We
look forward to talking with you about volunteering!
Call (919) 402-1844 or email james@project-compassion.org
for more information. o
Community Education:
Volunteers may help with educational events such
next year’s Spring Symposium. Volunteers
may also help maintain and develop our library or on-line resources. o
Support Teams: Volunteers may serve as a member, leader or coach of a volunteer caregiving
Support Team; volunteers may also provide important program support.
o Advance Care Planning:
Volunteers may
become Advance Care Planning facilitators or help educate the community about
advance care planning. o
Robe of Remembrance: Volunteers
may help assemble hand-crafted greeting cards, sew buttons onto the robe, or
accompany the robe at community events. o Administrative Support:
Volunteers may help with data entry or other office assistance. o
Communications: Volunteers
may help with newsletters, e-letters, community awareness campaigns, graphic
design, or event promotion.
Project Compassion Starts Teen and Young Adult Support
Teams for People Living with Cancer thanks to a Project Compassion has received a grant from the Lance
Armstrong Foundation to create volunteer caregiving Support Teams for children,
teens and families living with cancer and to involve children and teens, and
young adults in volunteering to support people living with cancer.
These teams will be called: Support
Teams for Life. Project
Compassion and 30 other community, non-profit organizations from across the
country received Lance Armstrong Foundation grants to help people with the
physical, emotional and practical challenges of cancer. “This Lance Armstrong Foundation grant will play a
vital part in the growing and developing Project Compassion’s Support Team
Initiative,” said James L. Brooks, Executive Director.
“We are honored and excited to be among such an amazing group of
recipients who all share a passion for helping people with cancer.” Support Teams for Life will provide practical, emotional and spiritual caregiving support for children, teens and families living with cancer. Using a team approach, volunteers of all ages will pool their talents, creativity, leadership and time to offer much more support than one volunteer can provide alone. Support may include friendly visiting, respite, transportation and meal preparation. Teams may also use talents in the arts, computer research and advocacy to nurture survivorship. Teams will take a comprehensive, creative and coordinated approach to meeting caregiving needs. “We are pleased to support
Project Compassion in its efforts to improve the quality of life of cancer
survivors and their loved ones,” said Andy Miller, associate director of
public health at the Lance Armstrong Foundation.
“Together, we are helping people with cancer live strong.”
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