ABOUT US
We go beyond awareness & fundraising
Since our founding in 2005, the Side-Out Foundation has been laser focused on a single goal: to help people living with metastatic breast cancer see more tomorrows.
We’ve flipped the traditional non-profit model on its head by recruiting scientists and forming research teams so that we could manage, and operate our own science that actively searches for answers and treatment options for those living with metastatic breast cancer.
The Story Behind
the Name
In volleyball, “side-out” means regaining control of the ball.
The Side-Out Foundation helps people with breast cancer regain control of their lives – and we started our fundraising efforts through the sport of volleyball. Our Executive Director and Founder, Rick Dunetz, was a high school volleyball coach when his mother, Gloria, was diagnosed with stage IV breast cancer. Together he and his father, Bryant, decided to tell her story, and the story of all those with metastatic breast cancer, through dedicated volleyball matches across the U.S., where communities would rally and fundraise to support breast cancer research. This is how Dig Pink was born – and it is still a central program of The Side-Out Foundation.
PUTTING PEOPLE FIRST
We’re building a community of advocates rallied around a common cause: a future where metastatic breast cancer isn’t terminal.
MEET OUR TEAM
Co-Director, Center for Applied Proteomics and Molecular Medicine, George Mason University
