Volunteer with The Heart Connection

The Heart Connection Children's Cancer Programs utilizes hundreds of volunteers every year so we can provide excellent programs for families touched by childhood cancer at little or no cost to them.  Volunteers accomplish tasks that range from stuffing envelopes in our office, to loading trucks of camp supplies, to running an advanced health center complete with chemotherapy at our Oncology Camp.  Some of our volunteers give hundreds of hours each year, and some spend a few hours each December wrapping gifts. Each one plays an important role in our mission of improving the quality of life for families touched by childhood cancer.  Below is a brief list of some of the ways you could get involved with The Heart Connection! 

  • Doing arts and crafts with kids at the hospital
  • Running kids’ activities at a parent support group
  • Becoming a regularly scheduled office volunteer
  • Becoming an on-call office volunteer
  • Volunteering at or running in Run, Rock & Stroll
  • Wrapping gifts during the holidays
  • Donating snacks or materials for a support group or retreat
  • Spending a week volunteering at Camp Heart Connection
  • Planning our Survivorship Connection Conference
  • Distributing posters to local businesses
  • Adopting a family for the holidays
  • Helping set up or take down our holiday tree
  • Serving as a camp counselor for a weekend retreat
  • Donating your unique skills to The Heart Connection. You may have a great idea that we have not even thought of!  

Why volunteer with The Heart Connection? Watch the video below.

Get Started as a Volunteer! 
All volunteer opportunities begin by filling out the form below. From there, you will be added to our e-newsletter so that you can read about all of our upcoming volunteer opportunities. Someone from our Volunteer Services Department will also contact you to help you find the opportunity that's right for you. Depending on the role you wish to play in our organization, you may also be required to have a background check completed.  

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Heart Connection Volunteer Agreement:

1.  I understand that my volunteer commitment at The Heart Connection includes a commitment to confidentiality.  Names, diagnoses, and other family information that I learn in my capacity as a volunteer must not be shared with others.  Discussing a family or a patient’s condition, which may provide others the opportunity to overhear, is strictly prohibited, as is sharing pictures taken of Heart Connection families at events.  

2.  I do hereby authorize the interviewing, taking of pictures, motion pictures, and/or television pictures of myself while participating as a Heart Connection volunteer, and consent to the use of any or all such pictures in publication media, as well as for use on The Heart Connection website, unless otherwise noted to Heart Connection staff.

3.   In consideration of The Heart Connection granting permission to myself to volunteer at Heart Connection events, I, for myself, my legal representative, successor, and assignees, hereby waive and release any and all rights, claims, demands, and actions whatsoever for damages or losses which I might have against The Heart Connection Children’s Cancer Programs, its staff, board of directors, and volunteer. 

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