Chances are good you’re familiar with fundraising. Maybe you sold candy bars to help raise funds for your school. It could have been magazine subscriptions, wrapping paper – almost anything, really. What these programs all had in common was that you had to get out there, pound the pavement, sell (or seek donations), track the […]
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As many of you may know, I am a medical doctor by training and over the last ten years, I have been working as a scientist in a lab. The main goal of my work is to find new solutions for advancing care for cancer patients with metastatic disease. Often colleagues and students wonder why,
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Metastatic breast cancer is more common than we’d like to believe. Here in the United States, it is estimated that 1 in 8 women will develop breast cancer at one point during her lifetime, 30% or 1 in 3 of these women will go on to develop metastatic disease. That’s nearly double the chances of
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Have you been looking for a way to make a positive difference in your community? One way is to help raise money for a worthwhile cause.
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The sun was beginning to set. It had already been a very long day. Maureen and I had rushed from her oncologist’s office that morning in South Austin to Seton Hospital. Her sodium was dropping, and we needed her to be surrounded by all of the care and resources in the breast cancer wing at
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Hearing you have metastatic breast cancer results in difficult sensations and emotions, including shock, fear, disbelief, and numbness. My mind and body felt other strong emotions – anger, betrayal, grief, and sadness. I cried in the arms of my husband, who quietly said, “What do we do next? You are a strong person. You have always been a fighter – never backing down from a challenge.” He was right. Giving up and wallowing in despair would just hasten my death.
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When do Americans think about breast cancer? Most hear the disease discussed in October with the message “Get a mammogram so if the cancer is found early, you can survive.” Americans need to know more about that narrow message.
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I think we all agree that the last year has been challenging on so many levels. The surge of the Covid pandemic and the SARS-CoV-2 virus’ ability to spread throughout our communities and the globe has profoundly affected the ability to simply carry out daily activities such as attending classes, practicing the sports we love,
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Volleyball teams are always looking for fun and new fundraising ideas leading up to their Dig Pink® event. While the quickest and easiest way to raise money is by asking people to support your online fundraising campaign, you may be looking for additional more creative and fun ways to ask people to support the cause.
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