Kara Thomas Helps Launch GM Partnership
Clay and fiber artist Kara Thomas had less than 24 hours to get an entire portfolio together. She was determined to apply to Twist Out Cancer’s Brushes with Cancer 2019 Detroit program. Thomas learned about the program through friend Alison Baldanado. Kara just so happened to call Alison while she was out for lunch with
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Dan Hindin’s Story of Resilience
With uncertainty brought by COVD-19, Twist Out Cancer’s mission is more important than ever. Twist offers psychosocial support to individuals touched by cancer by using the creative arts as a mechanism for healing. Dan’s Story of Resilience For Dan Hindin, who was diagnosed with stage four pancreatic cancer in early May 2019, the Twist Out
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How Becky Galvez Got Her Resilience
Longtime Twist Out Cancer donor and former board member Becky Galvez knows a thing or two about adapting. While Galvez’s stepfather was going through treatment for colon cancer in 2011, she had to jump in and manage the business – Shop4Ties, now Candor Threads – he began in 1982. Galvez was going through her stepfather’s
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TWIST OUT CANCER LAUNCHES RESILIENCE CAMPAIGN TO PROVIDE HOPE TO THOSE FACING ISOLATION AND LONELINESS
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 –
Watch your garden grow!
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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Love Our Twistshops? Thank Jackie Carmody
Jackie Carmody says she’s been an artist since the day she was born. Her mom influenced her creativity, letting her explore and draw on the walls in their home. It was only natural for Carmody to find career success in the art world as an art therapist. “I was always someone who uses art
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Jenna’s Guide for Enduring Loneliness and Isolation When Faced with a Health Crisis
For many cancer survivors in and out of treatment, the Coronavirus has been triggering. Some of us are immunosuppressed and are considered to be high risk, while others are years out of treatment but feel uncertain about the state of our body and mind. The fear, loneliness and isolation that accompanies a cancer diagnosis is
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Stories Through Song: Jenny and Tiffany’s Brushes with Cancer Experience
In 2011, Jenny Conlee-Drizos received information that would change her life forever: she had breast cancer. After going into remission that same year, the Decemberists multi-instrumentalist wanted to use her experience to help give back. As she worked with different people and organizations within the cancer sphere, she was introduced to Twist Out Cancer and
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Twist Out Cancer’s Signature Program – Brushes With Cancer – Returns to Austin in 2020
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 2012 as a small grass roots online community 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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