We look forward to working with you and providing you with a volunteer experience that is find satisfying. Our ultimate goal is a win/win.

We will make every effort to work within your areas of interest and strengths, and we hope to learn as much from you as you will from us. 

Becoming a Pink Fund volunteer makes you an Ambassador for our organization, meaning we will expect you to be well-versed about The Pink Fund and our basic mission; and to conduct yourself in a professional manner.

Community Service Hours
Some of our volunteers will work with us toward achieving community service hours.
We will be happy to provide you with a letter detailing the times and dates and nature of your service.

When you volunteer onsite at an event, in an office or from home, we will ask you to log your hours.  Logs will be present at all events.  Be sure to ask for one and sign in upon arrival and departure.  If for some reason a log is not available, ask another Pink Fund volunteer or Board member to make note of your service.

Interns
Some of our volunteers will be working in the capacity of unpaid interns. As such they may have more responsibilities, and more accountability with the goal of providing them with real work experience they can take into the work world.

Our interns will also receive letters documenting their service to The Pink Fund.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ’s)
What is The Pink Fund?
The Pink Fund is a public charity under the IRS 501C3 code whose mission is to provide short term financial aid in the form of direct bill payments for breast cancer patients in active treatment.

Where is The Pink Fund located?
Our physical offices are currently located in Michigan.  However we are able to raise funds nationally and provide services across the United States. Currently we are serving patients in Michigan and California.  We hope to have a national presence sometime in 2011.

Who started The Pink Fund?
The Pink Fund was born from the personal experience of breast cancer SurThrivor™ Molly MacDonald in the summer of 2005 while she was in treatment.

How are funds raised?
Because our mission is so direct and the need to pay these patient’s living expenses are immediate, we prefer to direct people to our website, where they can make a safe and secure donation.

Additionally, we currently have over 70 Pink Fund Piggybanks collecting change in various venues throughout Michigan. If you know of a business who might like a pig for a month, please let us know.

If you know someone who might like to host a fund raiser for us, please let us know that as well.

• Miscellaneous Tasks are defined as follows:  writing thank you notes, making or returning phone calls, (maximum of 20 calls in any given month), dropping off or picking up supplies for fund-raising events, (within a 20 mile radius), if further than 20 miles, volunteer can go to the local post office or UPS Center to mail packages or supplies, or pick up packages or mail from PF PO Box, and participating//helping in any kind of fund-raising event that benefits the Pink Fund. 
• Note:  Personal Mileage should be logged for income tax purposes and reported at year-end at approximately .14 cents a mile.) 
• Volunteers will be reimbursed by The Pink Fund for the following items/expenses:
• Office supplies where used and not supplied by The Pink Fund. 
• Postage where used and not supplied by The Pink Fund.
• Parking Expenses when working an Event
• Miscellaneous supplies purchased for The Pink Fund or any Event sponsored by The Pink Fund
• Your meal cost where applicable when attending a PF Event; however, PF will not cover the difference in the price of a ticket that directly benefits PF, (for example, there is a $50 ticket fee to attend a PF dinner event, and $22 of this $50 cost covers the price of the meal; in this instance PF will reimburse the Volunteer $22, but the volunteer will be responsible for the remaining donation/cost of $28, and can subsequently write this off at year end as a donation to a non-profit.)