Help Teens and Young Adults Keep Moving Forward.
There are many ways to help young people affected by cancer stay connected to school, friendships, interests, and their futures. Choose the opportunity that best fits your time, talents and community.
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Ways to help — from an hour of tutoring to a partnership with your school.
Find where your time or talent fits.
Ways to Help
Volunteer
Help with events, programs, outreach, administrative needs or care-kit preparation.
Become a Tutor or Mentor
Provide academic help, study support, career guidance or skill-based mentoring.
Become a Student Ambassador
Become a Student Ambassador at your school or college.
Join the Youth Advisory Committee
Teens and college students help shape programs, events and resources.
Start a Fundraiser
Create a school, birthday, gaming, sports, workplace or community fundraiser.
Partner With Us
For schools, hospitals, colleges, businesses and community organizations that want to provide services, referrals, sponsorships or in-kind support.
Volunteer
Bring what you know. Help a young person stay connected.
Whether you can support an event, moderate a gaming night, organize supplies, open community relationships or contribute professional skills, your time can become part of a dependable community.
Volunteer Roles
Peer event or gaming volunteer
Class instructor or hobby host
School and community outreach
Technology, design, marketing or administrative support
Career speaker, college mentor or professional adviser
Family or survivor program adviser
What to Expect
Application and role-fit conversation
References and background screening when required
Youth-safety, privacy and role-specific training
Clear schedule, supervision and communication channels
No private counseling, personal social-media contact or unsupervised youth contact
Ongoing check-ins and annual renewal
Tutor
Make school feel more manageable when life is anything but ordinary.
Tutors help teens and college students work through subjects, organize assignments, prepare for tests and protect academic momentum during treatment, recovery and school re-entry.
Tutors complete screening, training and role-specific orientation. Tutoring occurs only through approved systems and communication channels.
Core and advanced academic subjects
AP and dual-enrollment coursework
ACT and SAT preparation
Study skills, writing and organization
College coursework and campus transitions
Flexible virtual availability
Student Ambassadors
Level Up Student Ambassadors are trained student leaders at approved high schools and colleges. They recruit volunteers with useful academic and creative skills, organize approved outreach and service activities, and help school communities remain welcoming. Ambassadors do not identify patients, provide counseling or manage private health information.
Help make your school a place where no student disappears from the community.
What Ambassadors Do
Recruit students for approved tutoring, creative, gaming and service roles
Build a school skills network with a school-employed adviser
Organize approved awareness events, current-needs drives and welcome-back activities
Share Level Up information through approved school channels
Support staff-approved school-community activities after a student opts in
Track completed activities for verified service hours
What Ambassadors Don’t Do
Identify or approach students because of a suspected diagnosis
Ask for medical or treatment information
Promise services, devices, funding or accommodations
Act as counselors, case managers or one-to-one mentors
Create private chats or unapproved contact lists
Collect cash or publish a student's story without approval
Schools & Healthcare Partners
Level Up works alongside schools, colleges, child-life and patient-life professionals, oncology social workers, survivorship teams and community organizations. We complement existing support; we do not replace medical care, school obligations or clinical services.
Young people do better when their worlds communicate.
Share Level Up information with eligible young people and families
Create a consent-based referral pathway
Identify tutoring, re-entry or peer-connection gaps
Host an informational session or approved program
Invite Level Up to staff education or resource fairs
Designate a liaison for coordinated, privacy-conscious communication
Start a Fundraiser
Turn something you already love into support for young people affected by cancer.
Community
Gather neighbors, friends, or a local group around an idea you love
School
Host a spirit day, club challenge, or student organized event.
Workplace
Organize a team fundraiser or ask about a company match.
Birthday
Invite friends and family to give in place of gifts.
Sport or Gaming Event
Dedicate a game, practice, or team challenge. Or, bring your community together for a tournament or stream. So many options!
Contribute Time, Talent, Items or Experiences
Money is one way to help. It is not the only way.
Maybe you can teach, tutor, design, repair a computer, host a class, donate supplies, introduce a school, lend accessible space or share professional expertise. Tell us what you can bring. We will match appropriate offers to current needs, safety requirements and program capacity.
Submission does not guarantee acceptance. Level Up reviews safety, relevance, condition, storage, accessibility, hidden costs and participant privacy before accepting any offer.
Time: events, kit assembly, outreach and approved program support
Teaching: tutoring, test preparation, art, music, cooking, coding, photography or another hobby
Professional services: legal, accounting, cybersecurity, printing, design, video, marketing or evaluation
Space and experiences: accessible venues, workshops, tickets, campus visits or learning experiences
Items: new technology, headsets, books, art supplies, games and supplies from the current-needs list
Connections: introductions to schools, hospitals, colleges, employers, foundations and community leaders
Ways to Contribute
Not sure where you fit?
Tell us about your interests, skills and availability, and we’ll help you find the right way to get involved.