Washington Volunteer Hub

Welcome to the Washington State Volunteer Hub!

Here you will find resources specific to our team and state, but more general items can be found at the ACS CAN Volunteer Home Page. 

Need help, have questions??

 Audrey Miller Garcia (WA Grassroots Manager) at [email protected] | Matt Helder (WA Govt. Relations Director) at [email protected]

Carol Coram (WA State Lead Ambassador) at [email protected] | Tamara Clough (Vice SLA) at [email protected].

Upcoming Dates & Important Notes for Washington 

• Saturday, January 6th. 9-4 PM | WA Volunteer Team Pre-Legislaitive Session Special Training, more details to come
• Sunday & Monday, Feburary 5th | 2024 Cancer Action Day, Register Here
  • Sunday, February 4th (World Cancer Day) at 4:30 PM | Washington Lights of Hope, Heritage Park, Olympia
• Wednesday, January 17th, 5 PM | Cancer Action Day Planning Committee, See Audrey for meeting link 
• Wednesday, January 17th, 6 PM | WA Volunteer Team Meeting, Link Above
• Wednesday, January 31st at 6 PM | WA Volunteer Team Meeting, MEETING CANCELLED FOR CANCER ACTION DAY PRE-TRAINING
• Wednesday, January 31st at 6 PM | 2024 Cancer Action Day Pre-Training
  • Join on your computer, mobile app or room device Click here to join the meeting Meeting ID: 289 155 200 211  Passcode: dxa27S Download Teams | Join on the web Or call in (audio only) +1 971-277-2115,,27463491#  Phone Conference ID: 274 634 91#

Staying Connected | We meet every other week as a team virtually Wednesday's at 6 PM unless we cancel due to holidays or due to busy schedules. Watch your email for reminders and any schedule changes. 

Next WA Team Meeting

Wednesday, November 29^th at 6 PM Click here to join the meeting Meeting ID: 258 922 324 453 Passcode: eZU5kr Download Teams | Join on the web Or call in (audio only) +1 971-277-2115,,243402309# Phone Conference ID: 243 402 309#

How do I contact other people on the team? Who is on our team? Check out the volunteer roster here. Not listed? Let Audrey know she needs to make an update!

Some Imp. Volunteer Resources

We have a number of resources to meet the unique work and needs of our Washington Team. There are also even more resources provided by the Nationl Volunteer Homepage here. 

• Washington State Volunteers have a shared google folder where you can access photos of our events (even add some of your own), check out our volunteer roster, and more. Access it here. 

• Have you done a Power Analysis on your Washington State and Federal lawmakers? Not sure who they are? 
  • Find out who represents you at both levels of govt. here. 
  • Learn more about a power analysis by setting up a meeting with one of our team members. Access the resources to learn more about your lawmakers by doing a power analysis in our google folder here. 

• Have you taken action by reaching out to your lawmakers, made a social media post about ACS CAN, attended events to talk about ACS CAN, or something else?? Track and Report your work at our offical ACS CAN Report Back Form here. 
• Interested in some training resources or want to learn more about the ACT Lead or State Lead Ambassador role? Visit the "Getting Started" page from our National Volunteer Home Page here. 

Actions to Take Right Now

Washington State & A Few Federal Legisaltive Action Resources 

• Biomarker Testing Coverage is 2024's primary legisaltive focus while we are our Washington State Legisalature is in session in Olympia. Check out our Washington State Biomarker info page here. Want even more biomarker resources? Reach out to Audrey or Matt for some deep dive info! 
  • You can also check out our offical 2024 Washington Legislative Agenda/Biomarker Fact Sheet here. 
  • Registered for CANCER ACTION DAY 2024?? JOIN US BY REGISTERING TODAY! Monday, February 5th. 

• Not sure what our work in Congress with our Federal Government looks like? Check out our Federal Legislative Agenda here. 
• Tracking Bills?? 
  • Want to track our bills through Congress? Visit congress.gov 
  • Want to track bills moving through out Washington Legislature? Check out leg.wa.gov
    • You can learn more about the legislative process, how to use the WA Leg website and more at the Legislative Information Center