Music is magical. It can inspire, it can soothe, it can energize. For patients, music can serve as a vital outlet, a medium to express your anger, frustration, fear and joy. It has even been found to have a physical benefit for patients. Throughout my treatment for leukemia, music was a constant. Sometimes I used […]
by Micaela Stephenson Notre Dame Academy Junior Varsity Team 2012 My heart is pounding as if someone’s beating on a drum. Sweat, lots of sweat. Pouring out of every part of my body. Covering me with the days’ hard work that led me to this very moment. There is anxiety and worry building up in […]
April 17, 2013 — Irvine Valley College men’s volleyball joins the Dig Pink® ranks! Friday, April 12th, Irvine Valley men’s volleyball hosted its first ever Dig Pink match against Orange Coast College. Irvine Valley’s women’s volleyball has hosted Dig Pink events for the past four years and the men’s team managed each event. This spring […]
Players from Albuquerque Rebels Volleyball Club 16-2 Synergy share why they Dig Pink! “I support Dig Pink because I know what it’s like to just watch my mother go through radiation and so much pain and know that I can’t do anything about it. I want to raise as much money as I can to […]
by Madison Purnell Adrian High School, Adrian, OR Fall 2012 When I first began the process of organizing a “Dig Pink Event”, I simply thought it was going to be a fun night where everyone could get together and wear pink! It would also be a great way to raise money for an important cause. […]
We first read Phoebe’s poem in the Junior Volleyball Association (JVA) newsletter, VolleyBiz (Vol. 6, Issue: 8), and she gave us permission to share it here on the Side-Out blog! Thank you, Phoebe, for this beautiful poem. It so eloquently explains the joy of our sport and the camaraderie of a team. by Phoebe Harris […]
by Sarah Klahn Creighton University, Omaha, NE Fall 2012 When I decided to organize a Dig Pink event, I planned on joining together with the high school volleyball team and our community to raise awareness and funds for breast cancer research. What I didn’t plan on was how much it affected the people around me […]
by Heidi Grammerstorf Harborfields High School, Greenlawn, NY Fall 2012 My name is Heidi and my understanding of breast cancer began to develop when I was just five years old. My mother worked as a nurse in the women’s center at Huntington Hospital until I was twelve years old. On “bring your child to work” […]
by Emma Larson Miller Place High School, Miller Place, NY Fall 2012 My Dig Pink experience was amazing this year, not only for me but for so many others in my community who got involved, some for the first time. My high school volleyball team has participated in Dig Pink for the past five years. […]
by Gabrielle Pe Ocean Lakes High School, Virginia Beach, VA Fall 2012 Chuck Palahnuik once stated, “We all die. The goal isn’t to live forever; the goal is to create something that will.” And with that, a single quote came to embody my entire experience. After my mom passed in July 2011, I had a […]
