Stage IV

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5 Simple Changes that can Improve Your Sleep during Breast Cancer Treatment

Leave a Comment / The Cancer World / By Chloe Pearson

Sleep and cancer treatment are often interconnected. When a patient is sleeping well, it can aid their recovery. However, sometimes cancer treatment can have a negative impact on a patient’s sleep, which can then negatively affect their recovery. Oftentimes, insomnia happens when treatment causes the patient to feel tired throughout the day, which leads to …

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Side-Out Research Q&A with Lyndsay Hodges

Leave a Comment / The Cancer World / By Adam Obringer

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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Pom Pom for People: Why Cheerleading is Good for Humanity

Leave a Comment / Sport Health / By Eleanor Kent

I was headed to the bathroom after a long meeting at work today when the thought behind this blog post struck me. I find it comical when these random thoughts cross my mind. Anyways back to my point. We need more cheerleaders! Cheerleaders. Yes, the people you find on the sidelines at athletic events cheering …

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All Volleyball Announces Final Amount From Dig Pink Challenge

Leave a Comment / Foundation News / By Adam Obringer

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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Power of Pink and Side-Out Team Up for Impactful Weekend

Leave a Comment / Foundation News / By Adam Obringer

On Saturday, October 14, a total of 30 high school teams will meet at Queensbury High School in Queensbury, N.Y. for the Eighth Annual Power of Pink Volleyball Tournament. The Power of Pink Tournament begins at 8 a.m. EST and eight different courts will feature high school teams mostly from the area. “We’re really excited …

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October the 13th

Leave a Comment / The Cancer World / By Adam Obringer

October is many things. It’s Halloween, it’s fall, it’s breast cancer awareness month. But what often gets lost in the mix is indeed October 13th itself. No I’m not referring to Friday the 13th or Jason Voorhees with the scary hockey masks, I’m referring to Metastatic Breast Cancer Awareness day. A day dedicated to a …

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Volleyball is Leading the Way

Leave a Comment / Foundation News / By Eleanor Kent

As a daughter of someone who had stage IV breast cancer, I like to consider myself fairly knowledgeable on the disease and some of the treatment options available (I’m no expert of course, but I experienced it first hand). However, about two weeks ago I got the chance to tour one of our research facilities and …

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The World’s Largest Volleyball Event is Digging Pink

Leave a Comment / Foundation News / By Eleanor Kent

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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