Dig Pink has impacted me by solidifying what I want to do with my life. I want to be a social worker to help people through their most difficult trials. I chose to interview five breast cancer survivors and one caregiver for my educational hours. Through these conversations, I discovered that breast cancer patients are […]
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A couple of years later, I heard about Dig Pink events when the high school volleyball team hosted one. I liked it mainly because the whole gym was decked out in pink. The gym had pink jerseys, balloons, streamers, cupcakes, and more. I remember wanting to be in a Dig Pink event so badly when
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My mother’s best friend was diagnosed with stage IV breast cancer this past summer. She has been a constant in my life and somebody that matters very much to my family. Then, out of the blue, my varsity coach introduced Side-Out as an initiative I could implement this season. At first, I was intimidated; a
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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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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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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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The American Cancer Society estimates that only 22 percent of people survive at least five years after being diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer. By the time breast cancer is diagnosed in stage IV, it has spread to other organs in the body. In all cases of cancer, the earlier the found, the better. Breast cancer
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The names echoed through the gym on the day of the match, each a symbol of a battle fought, a battle being fought, or a battle lost. The only way I gained any insight into the bravery and strength of those who the names belonged to was through what I learned because of the required
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At our very beginning, sport collided with our cause in a way Executive Director Rick Dunetz couldn’t predict. With his mother Gloria diagnosed for the second time with breast cancer and a team of young volleyball players thrown onto Rick’s plate at the same time, two very magical things started to happen. His team, not
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