Cancer Volunteer Opportunities
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Waiting Room Volunteers
Volunteers in this position serve patients and their families in the waiting areas by helping them check-in, making and serving coffee, distributing snacks, visiting with patients
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Gift Shop
Volunteers in this area assist gift shop staff and customers with sales, wrapping, pricing items and cashier duties. All proceeds go to the Auxiliary Grants Program.
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Most Vital Pal
The Most Vital Pal (MVP) is a volunteer who is paired with a new Myeloma patient for the entirety of his or her first day on the UAMS campus.
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Summer Teen Volunteer Program
Each summer, the Cancer Institute Volunteer Services Office hosts the Summer Teen Volunteer Program. If you are between 16-18 years of age, you are welcome to apply.
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Patient Support Pavilion
Volunteers in this area welcome patients and guests as they enter the Pavilion, give directions, assist with educational materials, facilitate wig fittings, and more.
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Sit & Knit
Knitters and crocheters are welcome to join in making hats for our patients each Wednesday afternoon. All supplies are provided through the Auxiliary Grants Program.
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Tunes
Musicians can share their talent on the grand piano in the first floor atrium of the Cancer Institute, or bring their own instruments to play.
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Wayfinding
Volunteers greet patients and visitors in the lobby on the first floor, help patients to get them to their appropriate clinic.
Cancer Institute Volunteer Services Staff
- Susan Jones, CVM, Assistant Director of Volunteer Services
- Sandy Henry, Gift Shop Manager
- Mary Stuart McRae, Gift Shop Assistant
For more information call the Department of Volunteer Services at (501) 686-8286.
Application
Printable Volunteer Application can be e-mailed to Susan Jones or mailed to:
Cancer Volunteer Services
4301 W. Markham, #721-1
Little Rock, AR 72205