METAvivor Research and Support Announces Support for the Black Community

June 17, 2020  /  BY METAvivor Board of Directors

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The METAvivor Volunteer

June 10, 2020  /  BY Sonya Negley, Executive Director

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I have spent most of my 25-year career in non-profit management working alongside volunteers. It has been rewarding and I have met some incredibly talented people who have taught me a great deal about “service above self”. 

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Cancer is a Ride, Not a Journey

May 22, 2020  /  BY Rebekah Howerton, edited by Barbara Bigelow

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This week’s blog come from Rebekah Howerton, a single mom to a 13-year-old son, who has recently endured three radical brain surgeries and brain radiation while living with MBC over the last 5 years. She is member of Emory’s patient advocate program.  Here she shares her view of life.

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My Story

May 12, 2020  /  BY Valencia Robinson, Edited by Barbara Bigelow

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This week we meet Valencia Robinson, an early stage breast cancer patient and English teacher who has become a great friend to METAvivor. Valencia lives in Daytona Beach, Florida and is often seen at conferences and retreats supporting metastatic patients.

Barbara Bigelow, Editor

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A story of a spouse, father, caregiver, and advocate

April 29, 2020  /  BY Patrick Quinn, Edited by Barbara Bigelow

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Today’s blog comes from the Vice President of Metavivor and Director of Finances. Patrick Quinn is the husband of Lisa Cooper Quinn, a stage IV metastatic patient with the BRACA mutation. Together with Kelli Davis they head up the largest national fund raiser for metastatic breast cancer, the North West Arkansas Metsquerade.
Barbara Bigelow, Editor
 

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