Volunteer
Staff
Okizu relies on volunteers to make camp a
reality
each summer. Each year volunteers contribute over 50,000
hours to make our camp programs happen.
The
Oncology and Siblings Camp staff is a carefully selected
team of qualified adults, selected for their maturity,
experience and enthusiasm for their work with children.
Staff members are required to participate in an orientation
and training program.
Many of the counselors are university students who are
interested in working with children. Others are teachers,
nurses, travel agents and the like who have made it a
priority to spend at least one week of their vacation
time volunteering at camp.
Family Camp Volunteers
In addition to our week-long programs, we have family camp weekends, and are always looking for volunteers to staff these programs.
Volunteering at a family camp is a great idea for people who don’t have the time to volunteer for a week, but could spend a weekend up at camp. It’s also a great way for people who are new to Okizu to get to know our program, our site, and the kids and families we serve.
Family camp is a time where patients, their siblings and their parents can enjoy a relaxing weekend away from home stresses and hospitals. It’s a chance to spend time as a family, and also an opportunity to get to know other families dealing with having a child with cancer.
Volunteers are needed from Friday evenings until Sunday 3pm for family camp (with the exception of the 3-day holidays, where volunteers are needed until Mondays at noon. These are Memorial Day, Labor Day and weekends.)
Medical
Staff
Medical supervision at camp is overseen by the pediatric
oncology departments, social workers and recreation therapists
from the participating hospitals.
These professionals volunteer their time because they
enjoy being with the children when they are not in the
hospital setting. Dr. Michael Amylon, Director of Bone
Marrow Transplant Services at Lucile Salter Packard Children's
Hospital at Stanford, supervises the medical staff.
Art Inspiring Hope Committee
Art Inspiring Hope (AIH) is the single largest fundraiser for the Okizu. AIH started out as a small art auction in 1995 and has grown significantly, due to the popularity of the event and the increasing numbers of children and families needing our help. The event now hosts almost 500 people every year, and grosses nearly $600,000! Needless to say, this one evening is vital to funding our summer camp programs and the AIH Committee is who makes it all happen.
Committee Criteria
For more information about Art Inspiring Hope or to become involved, contact Sarah Uldricks at 415.382.1503 or sarah@okizu.org.
Volunteer
Information
If you have questions or would like to volunteer for Okizu, please call (415) 382 9083,
or write to Okizu, 16 Digital Drive, Novato,
CA 94949. Applications to volunteer are not available
online.
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