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.

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.

If you are interested, please complete the form, below. A representative from the MGFA home office will call you.
 

 

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.

  Our 50+ MG Support Groups are always in need of someone who is an expert in a particular topic. Those topics include MG basics, medications, First Aid and emergency circumstances for MG patients, clinical trials, health insurance, emotional coping skills such as dealing with anger, frustration and depression, life-skills such as rethinking pre-diagnosis goals and setting new ones, managing disabilities that reduce the amount of strength and/or reduce the use of arms, legs and vision, and stress reduction.  Our speakers come from the fields of neurology, nursing, pharmacy, life planning, social work, nutrition, occupational therapy and from health and wellness areas like yoga.  Our speakers often will appear on webinars so they can benefit MG patients throughout the country. If you are interested, please complete the form, below. A representative from the MGFA home office will call you.

OTHER VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES:  We have plenty of enjoyable and worthwhile activities that require less time, or are completed one project at a time. These activities range from participating in our MG Walk to staying at home and working on your computer to help with research projects to writing for some of our publications.
 
To become an MGFA Volunteer, sign up here.