The world is still suffering from the coronavirus pandemic, but as vaccines become more readily available, many communities, with proper safety measures, are going back to in-person school days and in-person sports practices and games. Like many of us, if you’ve been doing online learning and haven’t had team sports in almost a year, getting […]
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Organizing Dig Pink® Night for Klein Forest High School has been life changing. Being involved with an organization that drives change in how all cancer is treated and slowing down the progression of stage IV breast cancer is monumental. This being my second year organizing this event has led me to define my mission as a Side-Out
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When someone you love is going through the unthinkable, you don’t always know how to help. However, the last thing you should do is let your fear of doing or saying the wrong thing scare you into inaction. If someone you care about is going through cancer treatment and you want to help them out,
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For 12 years, we have been working to personalize treatments through clinical trials for breast cancer patients – because no two are exactly alike. This work has been supported by the fundraising of hundreds of dedicated and passionate volleyball teams around the country through Side-Out’s Dig Pink® initiative. Most recently we have concluded the enrollment
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“New year, new me!” “Starting fresh this year!” “My new year’s resolution is…..” The new year has begun and throughout January, you are probably bogged down with an endless supply of promises, demands, and expectations for the new year. At the very least, you are hoping for things to be better in 2021! We are
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As humans, connecting with others and finding the things that we love are inherent to our nature. For some of us, sports, or a particular performance, is something we come to truly love and wish to spend every waking minute playing and practicing. Unfortunately, we cannot spend every waking minute playing a sport or practicing
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Thanksgiving with Cancer Can Be Tough With the holidays coming up, many of us can get caught up with the traditions we may be missing this year. We may have even created expectations on how to make them feel as normal as possible despite the ongoing pandemic. We may fear the isolation, loneliness, or long
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When doing a quick search to find out what breast cancer awareness month is all about, you will find that it is an annual health campaign aimed at raising money by different charitable health organizations. This is a worldwide month of recognition as this cancer is prevalent in both developed and developing countries. You will
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My last practice was hot and sweaty, late at night, and overall exhausting. After two hours of hard work, I peeled off my knee pads while sitting on the dirty gym floor. All I could think of was going home and showering. Rumors of COVID-19 were surfacing at this time and there was buzz that
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