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2 people are interested
Gopher, Messenger to help with 5k fundraiser tasks
ORGANIZATION: Musella Foundation
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2 people are interested
We need volunteers to help with getting flyers out in the community: coffee shops, grocery stores, libraries, community centers, running/athletics stores etc. anywhere there is a community bulletin board.
We also need help getting donations for our Drawing at our event as well as getting sponsors and vendors for booths.
Some can be done virtually by filling out forms online to request gifts cards or products for our Drawing.
Hours are flexible around your schedule, but leading up to our event.
More opportunities with Musella Foundation
No additional volunteer opportunities at this time.
About Musella Foundation
Location:
1100 Peninsula Blvd, Hewlett, NY 11557, US
Mission Statement
Public charity dedicated to helping brain tumor patients through emotional and financial support, education, advocacy and raising money for brain tumor research.
Description
Copayment Assistance Program:
Over $8.90 million (as of Nov 1, 2021) for patient assistance
Clinical Trials and Noteworthy Treatments for Brain Tumors: 1st online support group for brain tumors, on Compuserves, in 1993, and moved to virtualtrials.com, in 1996. Became a premier resource for brain tumor information, hosting online support groups, chat rooms, newsletters, articles, and the clinical trial database. Free video of brain tumor conferences in multimedia library on topics important for brain tumor patients.
Brain Tumor Virtual Trial: A study of brain tumor patients, what treatments they had and the outcomes. To identify combinations of treatments that work better (longer survival times, or higher quality of life) than current treatments. Promising combinations tested by our medical advisory board in standard clinical trials. We have a patient navigation program using XINFORM.
Raised money for research, given grants for important research projects, run letter writing campaigns with major impacts for patients, sped up approval for Temodar and Avastin, Dr. Musella testified at the FDA hearing to help get Avastin, Optune and Glialan approved! Convinced Medicare to pay for Temodar as well as Gliadel, currently trying to get a bill passed that will speed up the search for a cure and give brain tumor patients more treatment options quickly!
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
Liberty Park Salt Lake City, UT1300 S 655 ESalt Lake City, UT 84105
DATE POSTED
April 20, 2023
SKILLS
- Sales Marketing
- Event Planning / Management
- Fundraising
- Community Outreach
- People Skills
- Relationship Building
GOOD FOR
N/A
REQUIREMENTS
- Flexible hours, but can be as many as you are able to do a week.
- Plus if you are familiar with nonprofits, fundraisers and are comfortable approaching businesses for donations and getting sponsors.