Volunteer

Volunteer With Us

The Heather Cutler Foundation is volunteer-led — every event, every post, every grant happens because people give their time. We are looking for people who want to make a difference in their community. Tell us what you are interested in, and we will find the work that fits — many opportunities are virtual, so you can help from wherever you live.

Send the Interest Form How It Works

Volunteering Should Give Back

We believe volunteering should benefit the volunteer as much as the foundation.

That is why we do not slot people into fixed roles. We start with your interests, your skills, and what you would like to get out of the experience — experience for a career you are building, a skill you want to learn, a cause you want to stand behind — and we work to place you where those goals meet work that matters.

If a placement is not giving you anything back, we want to know, and we will find a better fit together.

Many opportunities are virtual: writing, research, design, data work, and coordination all happen online, and volunteers contribute from wherever they live. Some roles are in person at events in Atlantic Canada — the form lets you tell us which suits you.

Many Ways to Help

Volunteers play an important role in supporting our initiatives. Opportunities may include research support, health education initiatives, communications and media work, data analysis, event support, and community outreach.

Previous roles have included:

Research Support

Help gather, check, and organize the information behind our guides and advocacy

Health Education

Plain-language materials and initiatives that help people understand pancreatic cancer and how to reach care

Communications & Media

Social media, writing, graphics, and stories that carry the foundation’s work further

Data Analysis

Turn numbers — surveys, website data, program figures — into something the team can act on

Event Support

Help plan and run awareness events, information booths, and community days

Community Outreach

Building connections with communities and organizations across Atlantic Canada

Fundraising

Campaigns and ideas that turn support into grants and programs

Administration & Professional Skills

The organizing and follow-through behind the scenes — and professional experience that strengthens the work

The Foundation welcomes individuals who are passionate about contributing their skills and time to support pancreatic cancer awareness, research, and patient support initiatives. And if none of these quite fit, say so in the form — if you have time and interest, there is a place for you here.

How It Works

1

Send the Interest Form

A few short questions about you, what you are interested in, and what you would like to get out of volunteering. It takes a couple of minutes.

2

We Reply and Talk

We read every form ourselves and reply by email, so we can talk about what you are looking for.

3

We Find a Fit Together

Your placement is shaped around your interests and your goals — and it can change as they do.

Volunteer Interest Form

Fill this in and press send — it opens a ready-to-send email to us with your answers in it. Nothing is submitted until you send that email.

Students and career-changers welcome. Several of our volunteers joined to build experience toward a goal — a program application, a new field, a first portfolio piece. Tell us the goal in the form, and we will try to shape the work so it counts toward it.