Want to Become a Breast Cancer Helpline Volunteer?

[Dimsdale18]

If you are 1 year out from your breast cancer diagnosis, you are eligible to be a helpline volunteer for the SHARE Breast Cancer Helpline. If interested, please message me and I can let you know how to help other women with a breast cancer diagnosis.

[Ditzy60]

Hi, If it possible I would very much like to support others and would really appreciate it if you could give me some more information. I was diagnosed in 2018 . Have a good dayCarolyn

[Dimsdale18 Partner in reply to Ditzy60]

Hello and thanks for your interest in becoming a volunteer. The requirements include a 3 session training class. The first is to learn about our organization and what to expect as a helpline volunteer. The second is what we call Breast Cancer 101 and it's really everything you ever wanted to learn about Breast Cancer. The first 2 sessions are 2 hours in length. the third is only 1 hour and it teaches how to enter the calls into our database. We typically do the 3 sessions in 3 consecutive weeks. Once you complete the classes, we team you up with a mentor volunteer and you get to listen in on their calls. We usually do this a few times. then we have the mentor listen in on you answering calls so they can help you through the calls until you feel comfortable at which time we then schedule you for a shift. There is no requirement for the amount of shifts or hours you need to complete. Usually people pick a shift and do the same one each week, but we do have others who fill in when they can. There are 3 shifts a day, 7 days a week for 365 days a year. The shifts are 9:30-1:30, 1:30-5:30 and 5:30-9:00 all EST. I try to hold training each month and will most likely be setting up a training for June. If you are still interested, please send me an email with your name and contact info to [e-mail]. Once again, thank you for your interest and I hope to hear from you!!

Thank you

Dale

[Dimsdale18 Partner in reply to Ditzy60]

Ditzy60, Hi, I'm checking in to see if you are still interested in becoming a volunteer on the breast cancer helpline. I will be sending out an email to all those interested to start setting up some training classes to the . If you are still interested, please provide your email address and I will add you to the email. Thank you in advance, Dale - Breast and Metastatic Breast Cancer Helpline Manager at SHARE

[Ditzy60 in reply to Ditzy60]

Hi, I am still interested but was wondering is this open to volunteers from the UK or from the USA

Thank you

Carolyn

[Dimsdale18 Partner in reply to Ditzy60]

As of now, it is for the US

[Ditzy60 in reply to Dimsdale18]

That is a shame as I am in the UK but if ever you are able to establish a similar programme here I’d like to be considered

[EvaL]

I am interested in working on the hotline. I would also like more information.

[Dimsdale18 Partner in reply to EvaL]

Hello and thanks for your interest in becoming a volunteer. The requirements include a 3 session training class. The first is to learn about our organization and what to expect as a helpline volunteer. The second is what we call Breast Cancer 101 and it's really everything you ever wanted to learn about Breast Cancer. The first 2 sessions are 2 hours in length. the third is only 1 hour and it teaches how to enter the calls into our database. We typically do the 3 sessions in 3 consecutive weeks. Once you complete the classes, we team you up with a mentor volunteer and you get to listen in on their calls. We usually do this a few times. then we have the mentor listen in on you answering calls so they can help you through the calls until you feel comfortable at which time we then schedule you for a shift. There is no requirement for the amount of shifts or hours you need to complete. Usually people pick a shift and do the same one each week, but we do have others who fill in when they can. There are 3 shifts a day, 7 days a week for 365 days a year. The shifts are 9:30-1:30, 1:30-5:30 and 5:30-9:00 all EST. I try to hold training each month and will most likely be setting up a training for June. If you are still interested, please send me an email with your name and contact info to [e-mail]. Once again, thank you for your interest and I hope to hear from you!!

Thank you

Dale

[Dimsdale18 Partner in reply to EvaL]

EvaL, Hi, I'm checking in to see if you are still interested in becoming a volunteer on the breast cancer helpline. I will be sending out an email to all those interested to start setting up some training classes to the . If you are still interested, please provide your email address and I will add you to the email. Thank you in advance, Dale - Breast and Metastatic Breast Cancer Helpline Manager at SHARE

[K-Tee]

Hello. I am interested in becoming a volunteer. I was diagnosed in December 2021 (Stage 1 HER2+. Had Chemo and radiation and now Herceptin for next 5 months and Anastrozole for 5 yrs), so hasn't been a year yet but would be interested in training to be able to jump on it in the new year