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Readers Respond: Best Ways to Volunteer in Support of Breast Cancer
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There are so many ways to offer support to people who are dealing with breast cancer. Volunteering is one great way to get involved and give support. You can participate in a fund-raiser, run a support group, knit chemo caps, drive patients to clinic visits, or do peer counseling. What other ways do you volunteer in support of the cause? How to Volunteer

Do whatever you can...

I think so many people get caught up in feeling like what they do wouldn't be great because it wouldn't be a cure or a million dollars or whatever they would think as miraculous. Something simple is also a blessing. Offer to take someone to chemo, go grocery shopping for them, call to listen, drop them a card to say thinking about you, compile a list of resources locally, volunteer for a local organization. In short, everyone can help in some way, every contribution is helpful.
—pregnancy

Ok to volunteer

Now i hope go to Volunteer for Breast cancer, at any times in the year.
—Guest YAPENG WANG

Send a Monthly Email to Your Friends

A friend who is now three years past her treatment sends a monthly self-exam reminder email to hundreds of women. She usually tells the story of someone who found a lump or a problem herself, then sought a test. It's a great reminder for us all, and who knows how many lives she has saved?
—TrishaTorrey

web work

i have done volunteer web site maintenance for my local breast cancer support org.
—Guest szebaimei

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