We have a volunteer role for you
At Kids Cancer Care, we love our volunteers! We can’t do what we do without you. Volunteers are active on the front lines and behind the scenes at Kids Cancer Care. Whether you’re looking for a long-term or short-term commitment, we offer flexible schedules that fit with all kinds of schedules and lifestyles, be it busy or those with wide open calendars. Enjoy working with children or prefer the allure of special events? Kids Cancer Care has a role for you. Check out the area that best suits you and your interests and apply through our volunteer database Better Impact.
General requirements
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Meet age requirement
Volunteers are required to be 18 years old or older.
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Complete screening process
Volunteers must complete an application, interview, vulnerable sector criminal records check, reference checks, and sign and agree to volunteer expectations.
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Attend new volunteer orientation
Volunteers must compelete an orientation within the first year of volunteering.
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Commit to participate
Volunteers must commit to at least 3 programs or events a year. PEER Exercise and tutoring volunteers have different time commitments.
The impact of your support in 2023
Your generosity touches countless lives in countless ways
450+ exercise hours
96 kids rebuilding strength and endurance during 450+ therapeutic exercise sessions
120 hours of care
48 kids and parents benefitting from 120 hours with our registered social worker and child life specialist
1.4K+ tutoring hours
72 kids benefitting from 1.4K+ hours of specialized tutoring support
18 incredible teens
18 teens building transferrable life skills through our Teen Leadership Program
888 happy campers
888 kids and parents enjoying our year-round camp programs
14K+ volunteer hours
275 volunteers giving 14K+ hours to make our mission possible, saving us the equivalent of 7+ full-time positions
20+ patients
20+ patients receiving a promising CAR T Cell therapy in a Canada-wide phase 1 clinical trial
1 DIPG vaccine
1 vaccine for DIPG (fatal brain tumour) showing promise in a phase 1 clinical trial in Canada and the U.S.
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What our families are saying
Before cancer, I was reserved and timid, but now look at me! Look at what I have been through and what I know I can do. Kids Cancer Care is helping to shape the person I am today.
– cancer survivor
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What our families are saying
Kids Cancer Care has given us another family, one who understands what we are going through, a support system for when we are tired. And it gives us a chance to give back too.
– parent
What our families are saying
Cancer is scary. It changes the way you look at the world and how you feel about yourself. By being with other kids like me, I felt a new normal and I feel like I have a place in this world again.
– camper
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