Community businesses donate food, supplies, and prizes. Hundreds of participants each year come for personal achievement and community fun. Volunteers raise money to send pediatric oncology patients and their families to the Big Apple Circus each July. Festivities include entertainment, refreshments, and prizes. Volunteer Opportunities Special Events Volunteers are needed to support all Friends' events.
Openings are available on planning committees and for event day activities.
NCCC Garden of Hope is designed as a sanctuary for cancer patients and their families and friends. The garden needs volunteers to help plant and weed our wonderful work in progress. The NCCC Patient and Family Library provides information on a wide range of cancer-related topics. Volunteers are needed to help patients and other visitors find information and to keep the room organized and well stocked. Volunteer Activities with patients and their families provide help with special functions and can include transportation assistance Office Work ranges from mailings and clerical tasks in The Friends office to office-based assistance in facilitating events.