How you can help|Giving and serving
The mission of EyesOnThePrize.org, a nonprofit corporation, is to provide
information and emotional support from the survivors' perspective to women
with gynecologic cancers, their families and friends, and healthcare providers.
You can help in many ways - and any way furthers our community's
determination to bring hope and awareness to women suffering with cancers
that "hit below the belt."
Link
to us
If
you run a Web site visited by women looking for healthcare
information, link to EyesOnThePrize.org. If your link helps just one
women find support during her terrifying, lonely journey with cancer,
it will be worth the effort. Since how you link matters search engines,
we have made up a page of pre-crafted links
designed for easy searching.
Make
a donation
Charitable
donations to EyesOnThePrize.org allow us to maintain this web
site and spread the word to other survivors that they are not alone.
You can make a donation to EyesOnThePrize.Org by using our donation
form (mail in or credit card via PayPal) .
Note: EyesOnThePrize.org is a US 501 C3 tax-exempt organization in
the USA. Donations are tax-deductible in the US as allowed by law.
Talk with your tax preparer. Questions? Email our Treasurer at treasurer@eyesontheprize.org.
Memorial
and In Honor gifts to remember a loved one or celebrate a special
survivorship milestone. Your gift will further EyesOnThePrize.Org's
mission and can be acknowledged on this site. See the In
Memoriam page and Donors page.
In-kind
contributions. We gratefully accept donations of such goods and services
as printing, radio and television airtime, Internet service, computers,
printers, and professional services. Please contact SueD@eyesontheprize.org
if you can help.
Shop EOTP
Wear
EyesOnThePrize.Org proudly! Purchases of T-shirts and sweatshirts,
mugs and mousepads with the EyesOnThePrize.Orgs logo and Iris will
raise awareness wherever you go. A portion of your purchase price goes
directly to support EOTP's efforts. Shop at:
Shop
our Amazon.com Store. We also have books, tapes, to help you on your
cancer journey. Actually, any book you buy through our store returns
income to EOTP:
Lend your time or experience
Spread
the word! You can print EyesOnThePrize.Org Waiting Room posters and
pocket cards from our Advocacy Tools section.
Give them to your medical care providers and tell them about your involvement
in a place of loving support for women suffering gynecologic cancers.
Help
build "In Your Community,"
a growing database of on-the-ground gynecologic cancer support groups
around the world. Contact support groups in your community and tell them
about "In Your Community".
Add
your story to the "Our Stories" section
of the EyesOnThePrize.Org web site. Hundreds of women and the people who
care for them visit our site every day seeking solace and information.
Personal stories by survivors and family members speak to them in powerful
ways. Katie, our story editor at stories@eyesontheprize.org
will gently help you with the process. Please consider adding your story.
You will provide a wonderful gift to women and the families and friends
who love them.
Contribute
to our "Frequently Asked Questions" section.
Every woman newly diagnosed or surviving gynecologic cancers needs help
in deciphering things like a pathology report or the specifics of after-care.
So do family and friends who are caring for and about them. Please consider
adding your perspective to topics ranging from chemo to nutritional supplements,
sexuality after gynecologic cancer to brachytherapy, after surgery to
end-of-life care-giving. Visit our FAQs section and pick a topic you'd
like to contribute to, then send your answer to faq@eyesontheprize.org.
We need your perspective!
Send
an EyesOnThePrize.Org e-postcard
to a loved one suffering with gynecologic cancer. There are many to choose
from and this surprise in her e-mail box can make her day.
Volunteer!
EyesOnThePrize.Org is entirely volunteer-run. If you have special skills--marketing,
PR, web programming, medical expertise, editing and writing, etc. -- or
a willingness to pitch in anywhere to help out, please e-mail us at volunteers@eyesontheprize.org.
Tell
us what you need! If you see information or services that are missing
at EyesOnThePrize.Org please let us know. We are firm believers in the
wisdom of collective experience and welcome your suggestions and comments.
Email advocacy@eyesontheprize.org.
Surprise
us! In "real life" the women and families of EyesOnThePrize.Org
are artists, attorneys, homemakers, nurses, archeologists, writers, dog
breeders, small business owners, in retail, teachers, jewelry makers,
storytellers, webmasters, bankers, doctors, single, married, straight,
gay, young and old. We are loving mothers, grandmothers, aunts, daughters
or sisters and each one of us has a gift. Consider giving your gifts to
the women at EyesOnThePrize.Org a painting we can auction, sewing
skills (we need purple prize ribbons!), an idea, a longing, a poem youve
written, a song to be sung, a surprise! join us in celebrating
the diversity of women living with gynecologic cancers. Write gifts@eyesontheprize.org.
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