An estimated 155,000 individuals are living with stage IV breast cancer in the U.S. Each day, metastatic breast cancer takes the lives of 110 people. These statistics strike the hearts of many, including those of the girls and staff at Carrollton School of the Sacred Heart. This connection to the breast cancer community for the […]
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Have you ever thought about how much you need your nose hair? Cancer truly turns your world upside down. I had the opportunity to speak to an oncology nurse who is also currently fighting her own battle with stage 3b breast cancer. No, she doesn’t have Stage IV but she was treating it aggressively because
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Clear Falls (TX) head coach and breast cancer survivor Lyndsay Hodges visited our research facility at George Mason to learn about our cutting-edge stage IV breast cancer research. After meeting with our research team, including Chip Petricoin and Mariaelena Pierobon, we sat down with her to talk about her visit. What were your thoughts going
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My name is Kayla Podgurski and this past October was my first time hosting a Dig Pink event. As a junior in high school at the Columbus Academy, I was honored to be able to organize this event. Running this event means a lot to me because both my grandmother and aunt had been diagnosed
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August 17 is National Nonprofit Day and in the days leading up to this, Side-Out wants you to learn more about the people who help push the mission forward! Each day leading up to August 17, we will feature members of the Side-Out team. We will share their answers to what they do at Side-Out and some
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AUGUST is here which means it is volleyball season again! The tryout dates are set, the schedules are finalized, and you have been working hard all summer. You are now ready for the challenge of tryouts and preseason. Whether you are competing to make the team, eyeing a starting spot for the first match of
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I learned many things from my experience as a Side-Out Ambassador; the things I learned will impact me for the rest of my life. From speaking to the strong, inspiring breast cancer survivor, Jean Cripps, to speaking with medical professionals who educated me about Metastatic Breast cancer’s effect on women, I feel as if I
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Breathe in deeply. Imagine the green and blue colors around you, flooded with golden beams. Feel the wind across your skin. It is nature; sometimes forgotten, but still powerful. Growing up, my mother yelled many things at my sisters and I. My personal favorite was “Go play outside!”. My sisters and I heard that phrase
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I’m Holly Sherburne, a senior varsity volleyball player at East Rutherford High School, and I hosted a Dig Pink Rally on October 11, 2017 in honor of my grandmother who is a survivor of breast cancer and other cancer-impacted members of my community. Through the Ambassador Program experience of researching, planning, and executing a Dig
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