There was a buzz at the Side-Out booth this year for the 2017 American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Convention. We went into Kansas City with a message of “The good things we build, build us”. This message stood out to us, especially for the convention, because coaches have a great opportunity to build a positive […]
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FAIRFAX, Va. – The Side-Out Foundation and American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) jointly announced the winners of the AVCA grand prize drawing on Monday afternoon. The coaches who were drawn for the grand prize were Christa Branson from Lubbock Christian School (TX) and Sue Shifflett from Langley High School (VA). A total of 126 schools
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From AllVolleyball.com The Dig Pink Challenge Powered by All Volleyball is a fundraising event centered around a volleyball match, featuring local St. Louis high school teams. The goal is to bring the community together in a fun-filled day to raise funds and awareness for The Side-Out Foundation, the only organization using volleyball to raise money
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With teams from across the country participating every year in Dig Pink® events, there are thousands of photo opportunities to capture the amazing things the volleyball community is doing to fight Stage IV breast cancer. Receiving all of your pictures is one of our favorite parts of Dig Pink and we love being able to
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The Side-Out Foundation is proud to announce that we will be partnering with the Amateur Athletic Union during the AAU’s 44th Girls’ Junior National Volleyball Championships this June 14th-26th in Orlando. With an estimated 2,300 teams registered, an expected 40,000 spectators, 9,000 coaches, and 500 college coaches, this event has been the Guinness Book of
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A nine year Dig Pink® tradition isn’t built overnight. Maybe this is your first year hosting a Dig Pink campaign or maybe you’re just looking for that tip that will take your event to the next level. Planning an event can be a lot to take on, but with these three tips from our long
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For as long as I’ve played volleyball, my team has done a Dig Pink game. We made signs, shirts, and hair ties. While we knew that it was for breast cancer awareness, we knew nothing about the Side-Out Foundation. This year, I decided to take a deeper look into the organization. What I learned made
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Over the course of the past ten months, I spent a generous amount of time dedicated to organizing a volleyball tournament with an immense amount of support from my peers and coaches, as well as a tremendous measure of help and guidance from my mother. Through a long but educational process of sending countless emails
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My name is Katarina Hackel and I am the Dig Pink ambassador for the Joel Barlow girl’s volleyball team 2016. My experience with this organization started off the same as all of my peers: I was handed a form that read “Dig Pink”, I participated in the game, and that was that. Junior year however,
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