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Why We Need You to Volunteer
Volunteers power the passion and progress of our cause. Organizing community events, building relationships with local media, meeting with elected officials and businesses to spread awareness and raise funds.
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There’s something for everyone – for every interest, skillset, personality and schedule. If you’re ready to rewrite the future for pancreatic cancer, you’ve come to the right place.
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Volunteers in Their Own Words
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"Volunteering has connected me with some incredible people I would have never met otherwise. I lost my brother to pancreatic cancer. Through volunteering, I feel like I took something really bad and turned it into something really good. This has helped me heal, and I’ve been able to watch others heal as well."
– Nancy Murphy Bowles, Albuquerque
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"By joining our purple army, you get to be part of something bigger than yourself. Volunteering with the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network has given me passion and purpose, and it makes me smile every day."
– Michelle Hernandez, San Antonio
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"Volunteering has helped me grow, both personally and professionally. I feel incredibly fortunate to have built wonderful friendships within my affiliate and across the country. And volunteerism has enabled me to expand my professional network with a diverse group of professionals from multiple industries and organizations."
– Mark Weber, Charlotte
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Our Core Values
In all that we do, we’re guided and passionately driven by these five principles. Learn more.
Volunteer Core Values
- Deliver Excellence 
- We are steadfast in our commitment to provide the highest standard of quality and innovation in everything that we do. We set goals that drive us to reach beyond our comfort levels and we push ourselves to exceed them.
- Service and Gratitude 
- We are committed to providing exemplary service and expressing gratitude so that everyone's experience with us is positive and meaningful. We do our very best to deliver on that commitment.
- Accountability 
- We know our responsibilities and we don't make excuses or blame others for our mistakes. Simply put, we see it, own it, solve it and do it.
- Team 
- We are dedicated to having a diverse team and working together in a spirit of community and inclusion to challenge and support each other to be the very best. An emphasis on team achievements and pride in individual accomplishments contributes to our collective successes.
- Sparkle Spirit 
- We are inspired by our constituents every day. Their courage and determination remind us that unrelenting optimism and hope can motivate and inspire us all to reach our goals. If we add a little "sparkle spirit," we can achieve anything.