Blog Topic: Volunteering
Cancer Council volunteers Margaret and Linda Bunting For Cancer Council volunteer Linda Bunting this year’s Daffodil Day theme, For Someone I Know has a special meaning. On Friday 26 August Linda will be dedicating a daffodil to her biggest inspiration, her mother in law Margaret, who volunteered for Cancer Council NSW for 24 years. […]
UPDATE: GOLD! As of 9th August 2016. Congratulations to the Australian Women’s Rugby 7s Team for winning Gold at Rio. They did it! We were absolutely honoured when the Australian Women’s Rugby Sevens squad approached us with a fundraising idea for Cancer Council NSW. The women’s team took out the HSBC Sevens World Series title in Clermont, France, […]
When cancer has touched your life with such ferocity, it can be hard to find a reason to get out of bed in the morning. For Jennifer Lock, volunteering for Cancer Council became that reason. 71-year-old Jennifer has been affected by cancer more than most. Her father had bladder cancer, her mother uterine cancer which […]
When Tricia Vermuyten, 44, found out she had breast cancer eleven years ago she reacted with the same shock and disbelief that is common to anyone finding out they have this terrible disease. “I remember sitting at home on the couch with my husband watching TV when I got the call,” she says. “It was […]
When Camilla Gunn’s colleague at Westpac was diagnosed with cancer a few years ago, Camilla realised the experience for him and for other staff would have been easier if there were some guidelines for coping with cancer in the workplace. “I’m a proud Westpac employee and I really believe in the company credo of helping […]
Australia’s Biggest Morning Tea 2013 Ambassador and best-selling author Loani Prior, designed this fabulous daffodil tea cosy just for Cancer Council. She has generously shared the pattern with us. The tea cosy has given more than warm tea. Loani says, “That year I had one lovely woman write to say that she was in treatment […]
The New Year is a busy time for job seekers. According to the US career site, CareerBuilder, one of the top New Year’s resolution is to find a new job. So when the clock struck midnight on 31 December 2015 and you set a resolution to change careers, move up the corporate ladder, or find […]
5 December 2015 marks International Volunteer Day. Cancer Council NSW currently have over 2,300 regular volunteers and over 27,000 one-off volunteers and I want to take this opportunity to acknowledge and thank every single one of you. At Cancer Council NSW, our mission is to work with and for the community to beat cancer, and […]
Cancer Council NSW is lucky to be the organisation of choice for thousands of volunteers. We know there are many charities out there – in NSW alone there are more than 200 cancer charities. But what makes Cancer Council NSW special, is that we are 97% community funded, working with and for the community to […]