After facing prostate cancer, your loved ones or yourself might be seeking an activity to cheer up again, and even – why not – to give back the support you receive during this hardship.
Yes, that’s right, you did understood well: becoming a volunteer for a charity near from your home or for PROCURE could turn out to a good way for you to bounce back more easily!
Volunteering Enhance Health
It is proven that given some of our time for a cause dear to us can have a positive impact on our health. In fact, British searchers have analyzed many studies and published their results in the BMC Public Health journal. They concluded that volunteers are happier and live longer than the average population.
According to the analysis, volunteering decreases chances of suffering from depression, while increasing personal growth and satisfaction. Hence, the mortality risks are reduce from 20%. In this way, after prostate cancer, demonstrating generosity and selflessness will help you to feel good, both in your body and you mind.
Being Volunteer with PROCURE
It is always more gratifying to volunteer when the cause is dear to us. If prostate cancer touches you, becoming a volunteer for PROCURE, regularly or occasionally, could make a difference in your life, but also for someone else.
Depending your interests, availability and experience, we can suggest you many activities that will help you to contribute to our organization in your own way. Here are some possibilities we can offer you:
- Participating in our awareness events (volunteer and photograph)
- Promoting our annual conferences by phone or in your area
- Animating kiosks and representing PROCURE to promote the organization with the public
- Offering telephone support for people with prostate cancer and their family, if you have experienced the situation
- Doing some office work to support our administration
- Translating and editing our publishing content (Web, newsletter, mail)
If a rewarding volunteering experience appeals you, don’t hesitate to communicate with us. We are available to answer any of your questions, and to welcome you within our volunteer team!
Ref. : Le 25/08/2013 à 15:29 – Janlou Chaput, Futura-Sciences et PROCURE
