For Immediate Release TWIST OUT CANCER LAUNCHES RESILIENCE CAMPAIGN TO PROVIDE HOPE TO THOSE FACING ISOLATION AND LONELINESS FROM COVID-19 People touched by cancer, having already been through periods of isolation, offer support to others People touched by cancer, having already been through periods of isolation, offer support to others April 7, 2020, Chicago – […]
Needs some inspiration? Check out the beautiful Hope Spring artwork created by Ishita Banerjee, Brushes with Cancer Artist. This free download is available for all. Enjoy!
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Background Twist Out Cancer is an international non-profit charitable organization that provides psychosocial support to individuals touched by cancer through creative arts programming. What started in Chicago in 2012 as a small grass roots movement has evolved into an international non-profit organization that has touched over 130,000 people around the world. Brushes With Cancer is
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An avid artist from the age of three, Dana Phipps works with acrylics to produce beautiful and moving paintings. Though she discovered her passion in her art classes in high school, one of the most integral points in her development as an artist hit when Phipps lost her mother to breast cancer. Through her period
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