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Welcome to the Camp Quality Website!

We are the children’s family cancer charity that believes in bringing optimism and happiness to the lives of children and families affected by cancer through fun therapy. We believe laughter is the best medicine.

At CQ we are one big happy family. Our kids and their families, our staff and volunteers, and our partners, sponsors and donors are all part of the family. Together we help children and their families face the challenging days and celebrate good ones.

We believe in improving the quality of life through unrelenting optimism.

We'd love you to get involved, so check out join CQ, how you can help, or donate now!

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Our volunteers

Our incredible teams of volunteers also live our philosophy of optimism, fun and hope and we'd love you to join the team! We have a range of volunteering opportunities including being a companion on kids' camps and assisting on family camps, helping with community fundraising, welcoming new families and lending a hand around the CQ office.

Companions

One of our biggest roles for our volunteers. Companions - our big kids! - accompany our campers and siblings on camp for 3 -5 days. Their job is to make sure all our campers are safe and having a great time.

Fill in an application to become a volunteer companion

Check out the volunteer camp calendar for 2010

Check out the camps are being offered to our families

Fundraising volunteers

Fundraising for Camp Quality is very important as the dollars we raise help Camp Quality continue and support the wonderful programs that provide FUN THERAPY to so many children and families affected by cancer.

We are always looking for people to help at our fundraising events which involve days from fun runs to balls.

If you would like to help in fundraising please call Julie on 3216 0299 or email julie.sampson@campquality.org.au

You can also view the current list of opportunities for Camp Quality Brisbane to find out more (pdf, 118kb).

Other opportunities for volunteering apart from camp companions include:
Welcome Team

We all know what it's like to be newbie whether it be starting a new job or joining a new sporting team and you how important it is to feel welcomed and informed. Will you help us welcome new families to our wonderful organisation? You will give new families a call when they first join CQ to find out a little about them and how we can help. You will also play a vital role in rolling out our new Mentoring program. This program will new support new families when they first return home from hospital by putting them in touch with a CQ mentor - an existing CQ family!

Social Butterflies

Are you a social butterfly who just loves to organise get togethers? Then we need you! Join the team who will be in charge of organising social events both for our volunteers throughout the year as well as CQ families to help build better support networks outside of camp time. Fun Fun Fun!

CQ Chatterboxes

Are you a confident speaker who would love to help us tell everyone just how great CQ is? We're looking for a group of people to represent CQ at various events including Rotary & Lions Club meetings, cheque presentations etc. Come on down Chatterboxes!

Techno Wizards

Are you a computer superstar? Do you love databases? We need help getting our data base up to scratch and would love for someone to lend a hand updating our records!

Admin All Stars

Be an All Star and help out the CQ office during the week! You'll assist with a range of admin tasks like helping us get ready for camp or going to the hospital and answering the phone!

HR Heroes

We're looking for people to help us better support all of volunteers and who better to do this than volunteers themselves? If you're interested in having a more hands on role in CQ volunteer recruitment, appreciation, training, feedback and evaluation then you might just be the HR Hero we so desperately need!

Happy Hospitals

We're looking for a group of energetic people to visit the Royal Children's Hospital once a week to meet new families and to visit any CQ children that might be in hospital at the time. It will give you another chance to hang out and have fun with the kids outside of camp time!

 

60 seconds with volunteer Tony Stubbings

Tony is a companion with the South Queensland CQ.

1. What drew you to CQ, and what do you love most about your involvement?
I saw an advert on TV in 1992 and thought that it sounded great. The thought of helping these kids and their families would be a worthwhile thing to do so I phoned the office the next day. The thing I love the most is seeing how much these kids love camp and love the experience, their smiles and laughter is the best part.

2. What have you learnt most about yourself from your involvement?
That I am able to step out of my comfort zone and act silly. As a paramedic, I have often thought I have become hardened to certain situations, but my involvement with Camp Quality shows me that I haven't, which I'm grateful for. I have also learnt to give anything a go, there are no barriers.

3. What personality traits do you feel you use by volunteering?
I think I am a genuine person, what you see is what you get. So I think that's why I have been able to fit in with Camp Quality and is why I have made so many new friends during my involvement.

4. What's a CQ moment you treasure?
My CQ moment that I treasure is the relationships I have developed with a couple of CQ families. Not to sure if you can call this a moment but I have kept in contact with these families since 1992. I truly treasure these relationships and their friendships.

5. What do you love to laugh about? 
Mostly myself but seeing these kids having fun and totally enjoying themselves, that's what makes me laugh.

6. What are you optimistic about?
Life in general. To be able to really enjoy life no matter how long we are on this planet for and to enjoy your family and your friends' company.

7. What would you say to someone considering joining the 'CQ family'?
I would say "DO IT". You will not be disappointed and you will have a blast.