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Join our great team as a volunteer with the Women’s Cancer Resource Center. The Women's Cancer Resource Center (WCRC) is a non-profit organization founded in 1993 as a grassroots center where women with all types of cancer could find accurate, unbiased information and support. The center has a strong commitment to raising questions and working to address the disparities in cancer survival rates between white women and women of color, and to provide information to all women on the link between environmental toxins and cancer. The center is open to all women with Cancer and their caregivers. WCRC focuses on the needs of women who have been left out or under-served by traditional health care agencies. The Mission of WCRC is “to support women in taking charge of their cancer experience.” We provide a wide range of services that empower women with cancer to be informed, and enable them to make educated choices about their health care. All educational and support programs are offered free of charge to all women with any kind of cancer and their caregivers.

The organization has an immediate and critical need for volunteers to assist with reception, administrative support, and other duties. Some volunteer once a week, others once a year. We invite you to help out as you are able.

Volunteer Opportunities include:

• Compile and enter monthly statistics
• Graphic design
• Assist with marketing and fundraising
• Tend WCRC's small garden
• Manage volunteers
• Create information packets
• Run/coordinate support groups
• Staff booths at health fairs and community events
• Greet clients over the phone or in person
• Update Resource manual
• Make reminder calls for items checked out of WCRC Resource Library
• Review videos and books for library or website
• Reshelve returned books and catalog new resources
• Keep environmental handouts up to date and identify new resources and partnerships

For more information on any of these volunteer opportunities, please contact Benita Robinson at (612) 822-4719 or Cheryl Maloney at (612) 746-4890 or email: benita@wcrcmn.org or cheryl@wcrcmn.org or please print our Volunteer Information Sheet and then return it to the address listed at the bottom of the sheet.