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Volunteering Ideas Volunteer Sign Up Form Medical Outreach Volunteers Quick Links Frequently Asked Questions BCG Shortage Information Join Our Mailing List Clinical Trials Clinical Trials Matching Service Volunteer Donate Patient Tips Online Store Walk for Bladder Cancer What's Up, Doc? The Bladder Cancer Advocacy Network (BCAN) is proud to announce that we have been designated a Marine Corps Marathon (MCM) Charity Partner! BCAN has been allocated 25 guaranteed entries for the 38th Annual Marine Corps Marathon to be held on October 27, 2013; an event that sold out in 2 hours and 41 minutes in 2012. We are looking at building “Team BCAN” to not only run in the event and raise awareness for bladder cancer but to raise needed funds for fostering research and patient education. According to the Marine Corps Marathon, there is not a required qualifying time to participate in the event, but all runners should maintain at least a 14 minute mile pace. In order to become a member of “Team BCAN” and officially have a slot in this year’s race, you must be registered through BCAN. No federal or Marine Corps endorsement is implied. If you are interested in becoming a member of BCAN’s team or have any questions, please contact Larry Rzepka, BCAN’s Executive Director, at lrzepka@bcan.org.	Thank you for your interest in volunteering with BCAN! Fill out the form below, and a BCAN staff member will get in touch with you to discuss volunteer possibilities. Volunteer Form Name(required) Address(required) City State Zip Phone(required) Email(required) Medical Outreach Medical Outreach National Telephone Volunteer. Help us reach patients and caregivers nationwide by contacting the offices of physicians who treat bladder cancer and ask them to distribute BCAN’s patient handbook, Bladder Cancer Basics for the Newly Diagnosed, to their patients and display BCAN’s brochure in their waiting areas. Requirements: Daytime availability, telephone with unlimited long-distance, have access to a computer and be able to do email and other basic computer skills, report back to BCAN Local Medical Outreach Volunteer Local Medical Outreach Volunteer. Help us reach patients and caregivers in your local area by distributing BCAN materials to local healthcare professionals and cancer organizations and/or participating in local health fairs. Requirements: transportation to deliver materials to offices and health fairs, report back to BCAN Local Fundraising Event Volunteer Local Fundraising Event Volunteer.Organize a fundraising event in your local area and have the proceeds benefit BCAN’s bladder cancer awareness, research, and support programs. It can be as small or as large as you want. Possibilities include: car wash, fun run, bowl-a-thon, dinner party, bunko night. Requirements: time, energy, and organizing skills Online Fundraising Volunteer Online Fundraising Volunteer.Create a personal fundraising page online to raise money for BCAN’s bladder cancer awareness, research, and support programs. For more information, go to http://www.firstgiving.com/7486 Requirements: time, energy, and computer Athletic Fundraising Volunteer Athletic Fundraising Volunteer.Plan on participating in an athletic event (golf, fun run, triathlon, marathon, etc.) in your community and set up a personal fundraising page online (see above) or use paper pledge forms (available from BCAN’s office) to raise money for bladder cancer awareness, research, and support. Requirements: time, energy, willingness to exercise and ask for pledges Write for the Cure Volunteer Write for the Cure Volunteer.Write to twenty (or more!) relatives, close friends, and associates and invite them to join you in giving generously to BCAN to find a cure for this disease that has touched each of us. Local Awareness Volunteer Local Awareness Volunteer.Share your personal story with the press and/or plan a bladder cancer awareness activity in your community. Local media can raise awareness of bladder cancer throughout your entire community. A generic media kit is available for background information and bladder cancer basics. But the local angle of your personal story or awareness event can be what makes the local media feature bladder cancer awareness more prominently. Requirements: time, energy, organizing skills, willingness to be vocal about bladder cancer Volunteer to contact your local members of Congress Volunteer to contact your local members of Congress.The federal government is the largest source of funding for biomedical research in the United States, and is capable of moving research forward faster than any organization. Make sure that your representatives know that bladder cancer research funding is a priority. You can do this by visiting your local Member of Congress, organizing a letter-writing campaign, and writing or e-mailing them yourself. I am local to the Bethesda, MD/DC Metro area and would be willing to help with office support tasks such as helping with mailings I have other ideas and skills I would like to share cforms contact form by delicious:days	Search Our Site

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