Inside Track

What moment has mattered the most to you during your volunteer journey? The moment that matters most to me during my volunteer journey happens every year on PurpleStride San Diego. I love to sneak up on the stage during opening ceremonies and look out at the sea of purple. This brings tears of joy to my eyes every time. To see hundreds to thousands of people ...

A few weeks ago, I was in a virtual meeting that started with the icebreaker question, “What is the last picture you took on your phone before the pandemic ‘shutdown’ began?” I scrolled through and discovered this was my last picture taken: This was from PanCAN’s Mid-Year Volunteer Summit in Dallas with a group of Affiliate Chairs and PanCAN staff. ...

What moment has mattered the most to you during your volunteer journey? Helping out at our first PurpleStride event and learning even more about such a great cause along with a core of the most compassionate and caring people we have ever met, we knew from that moment on that we would be here for PanCAN to help in whatever way needed. Why did you want to ...

What moment has mattered the most to you during your volunteer journey? At the “Start” line at every PurpleStride, I cry! Tears of celebration with an amazing team, tears of joy for the survivors and their families who are crossing that starting line and tears for those watching and cheering the race from above. There is really nothing like seeing a mass ...

Volunteer Structure Enhancements Almost three years ago, in the spring of 2018, PanCAN rolled out the current Affiliate volunteer structure, and there has been some great success with it!  The structure helped volunteers lead their Affiliates in new ways and provided opportunities for more people wanting to make a difference.  More than a year ago, ...