Twist Out Cancer, an international non-profit charitable organization that provides psychosocial support to individuals touched by cancer through creative arts programming, and JOANN, which is the nation’s category leader in sewing and one of the fastest-growing competitors in the arts and crafts industry, announced today that Wade Miquelon and his wife, Dr. Katherine Heiden, will […]
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Alex Perry first met Twist Out Cancer Founder and CEO Jenna Benn Shersher when they were freshmen in high school. Over the years, their paths crossed a few times, with Alex following Jenna’s cancer journey in 2011. A few years later, Alex thought of Jenna as he began his own cancer journey. In 2014,
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Brushes with Cancer Inspiration Mary Jenkins has devoted 30 years of her life to faith and ministry. She remembers the moment in ministry school when she learned about God’s generals – and that moment changed her outlook for the rest of her life. “These are people doing great work for the Lord, and
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Twist Out Cancer, an international non-profit charitable organization that provides psychosocial support to individuals touched by cancer through creative arts programming, announced today that it will celebrate its 10 year anniversary this fall at WNDR Museum in Chicago. Initiatives include two Twist Out Cancer inspired exhibits in October and November and a Brushes With Cancer
One day, award-winning information designer Giorgia Lupi received a message that especially touched her. It was from Twist Out Cancer COO Amelia Hanrahan, who had reached out simply to compliment Giorgia on her work. Amelia had seen the visual design work Giorgia had done with medical data and wanted to let Giorgia know what
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Photo: Dev Photography[/caption] Veteran Brushes with Cancer Artists Jen and John Stumbaugh love to entertain. So, when COVID sent everyone home, their favorite activity was taken away. “COVID was the worst for us because we love to gather and cook large meals for our friends and family,” John said. “That was a real crusher
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Brushes with Cancer Inspiration Abby Match’s breast cancer diagnosis was a one-two punch. While processing the hit-by-a-truck feeling that comes with every diagnosis, another truck was right around the corner. “My dad was diagnosed with prostate cancer on the same day I was diagnosed,” Abby said. “We went to sleep one night thinking everything
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Prior to 2020, Twist Out Cancer held in-person Twistshops .These Twistshops were non-clinical, creative arts therapy based workshops led by a licensed clinician/creative arts therapist. Then, the world was introduced to COVID and Twistshop director and facilitator, Jacqueline Carmody, had to think fast. Luckily, the disruption led to an opportunity: moving Twistshops to the
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Brushes with Cancer Artist Sara Zielinski understood the assignment. In 2021, she was paired with Inspiration Pam Oliver, a mother grieving the recent loss of her daughter, Kristin, who had a rare form of heart cancer. They were hundreds of miles away and took advantage of technology, connecting mostly via video chats. This was important
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Dr. Hadiyah-Nicole Green did not set out to make history as the first doctor to cure cancer using nanoparticles. But on her journey, she did. “When I was a little girl, I loved math and solving problems, but cancer was not on my radar until I was 22 and first from my family to graduate
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