Get involved
Volunteer.
Anosmia Awareness runs lean. Volunteers make the difference between this site being a snapshot of 2012 and a living, current resource. If you have time, skills, or a story to tell, here is where it would land.
Ways to help
Specific ways you can help — pick whichever fits your time and interests:
Story collection
Help interview community members and edit their stories for the Story Wall. Roughly 2–3 hours per month, mostly asynchronous, with a quarterly editorial pass.
Resource curation
Help us keep the Resources page accurate — checking listings, finding new clinics and support groups, verifying contact info. 1–2 hours per month.
Social media
Schedule and write posts on Instagram, Facebook, X, LinkedIn, and BlueSky. Especially active around Anosmia Awareness Day in February.
Translation
We get steady search traffic in Spanish, French, and Portuguese. Translating key pages would be a meaningful expansion of who we reach.
Anosmia Awareness Day organizing
Local event coordination, university partnerships, workplace activations — particularly heading into 2027, the 15th anniversary.
What it’s like to volunteer
We don’t ask for big commitments up front. Most volunteers contribute a few hours a month, asynchronously, on whatever fits their week. The work is real — the Story Wall, the Resources updates, the social posts — and it directly reaches people who need it.
If you have anosmia yourself, your perspective is the most valuable thing you can bring. If you don’t, that is also fine — many of our most active volunteers are family members, clinicians, researchers, and allies.
Ready
Tell us how you’d like to help.
Send a short note with a sentence or two about how you’d like to contribute, and any relevant skills or background. We respond personally to every email.