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Volunteer

Volunteers

Volunteers are the spirit, heart and hands that extend from the home office in Manhattan to the coast of California.  Uniquely qualified and empowered by their experience with MG, our volunteers are trained and supported to meet very high standards of excellence. The activities, themselves, have been crafted and tested by volunteers throughout the US. The goal of our volunteer program is to be able to assist any patient, regardless of where they live, and to raise awareness and funds to make a world without MG. If you are interested in volunteering, but don't see an option below that suits you, please fill out our volunteer form here.

 

Our current volunteer opportunities are as follows:
 
The MG Friend Program is a patient-to-patient phone support service that provides practical advice, an understanding ear, and emotional support from a trained volunteer who is also facing the challenges of a life with MG. Because it is phone-based, the service is available to MG patients anywhere in the United States. The service is free of charge. All that the patient or volunteer needs is a phone.  Volunteers, whether they are medical professionals or not, cannot give medical advice.
If you are a person living with MG, or a caregiver of someone with an MG diagnosis, and can listen, care, and give a few hours a week, consider becoming an MG Friend.

MGFA is not currently recruiting new MG Friends volunteers. If you are interested in volunteering for this peer support program, please check back in the spring 2018. The program is fully open for people with MG wanting to connect with an MG Friend. Please click here to register.

 

Help us raise crucial awareness and vital funds on behalf of the myasthenia gravis community by volunteering for your local MG Walk, which could include becoming a team captain or helping on site with check in, snacks, route marshaling and/or cheering on all the MG Walkers! Community service hours can also be earned by volunteering at the MG Walk, in any capacity! Since 2011, the National MG Walk Campaign has brought extraordinary benefits to the MG community while raising more than $4 million to date.

Please click here for a list of all local MG Walks. Whether you serve as a team captain to rally family & friends to walk and raise funds or you opt to play an integral role in the Walk day production, we guarantee you will leave the MG Walk gratified and inspired by the positive impact you had on so many people.
For more information including how to register as an MG Walker or as a “day of event” volunteer, please visit http://www.MGWalk.org/ or contact the MG Walk team at 1-855-MGWalks (649-2557) or Info@MGWalk.org.


 
MG Support Group Facilitators and Co-facilitators are trained volunteers who organize and give structure to meetings of people with MG and their families. They establish the group by finding a meeting place, inviting speakers, distributing flyers, and making agendas. At the meeting, they welcome participants, keep the atmosphere friendly, ensure everyone has an opportunity to speak, and delegate tasks to fellow participants, such as greeting newcomers, and bringing refreshments (if desired).  Sound like a lot? It is. But it is also incredibly rewarding and it’s also why we train our facilitators in the art of delegation and meeting management. We strongly urge each facilitator to have co-facilitator.
Most, but not all, facilitators and co-facilitators have been diagnosed with MG. Some are partners, family members or friends. Our facilitators come from all walks of life and from all occupations including home makers, lawyers, artists, accountants, construction and military service. They do not need to be social workers, nurses, therapists or doctors, though a few are.
Support Group participants choose what topics they would like covered and decide how often they meet. Many groups meet monthly for 9-10 months out of the year. But some meet every other month and quarterly. The size of the groups can vary from 4 members to more than 20. This is due to the sporadic disabling nature of the disease, the distance members need to travel, and weather conditions.
If you are interested, please complete the form, below. A representative from the MGFA home office will call you.

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New York, NY 10017
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