Shari Hall Smith was diagnosed with stage IV breast cancer in 2014 at the age of 58, twenty-two years after her initial breast cancer diagnosis. She combined conventional and alternative methods to overcome incredible odds. Two years later she has no evidence of disease. Here is her story in her own words: “In 1992 I was 36 years old recently … Read More
Volunteer and Intern Spotlight – Interested in working with Believe Big? – Volunteer Opportunities
Volunteer and Intern Spotlight Interested in working with Believe Big? Meet our wonderful summer intern, Melissa (In the middle) who recently graduated from West Virginia University! She is helping us expand our internship program and to plan our fall events. Tommy volunteered through Boy’s Latin Senior internship program. He helped us with research, marketing ideas, and with local Believe Mug … Read More
Are You Good With Numbers?
Are You Good With Numbers? Looking for a Part-time Financial Administrator to join us! Believe Big is looking for an outgoing, driven individual who would be responsible for maintaining financial, accounting, administrative and personnel services. We are looking for someone who has a heart for cancer patients, is health conscious and is a glass half-full person. To find out more, click … Read More
Enjoy this story of HOPE about Joanna overcoming Melanoma!
Enjoy this story of HOPE about Joanna overcoming Melanoma! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDpyeNWV_oY Joanna Dennstaedt Overcomes Melanoma. Joanna Dennstaedt shares her story of overcoming Melanoma using a combined approach to treatment. #mistletoe #kisscancergoodbye #melanoma #overcomer #BelieveBig
Stay Safe this Summer While in the Sun! Fight Cancer
Stay Safe this Summer While in the Sun! Quick Tips About Sun Protection. When you’re outside this summer remember to protect your skin from harmful UV-A and UV-B sun-rays. To reduce the harmful effects wear clothes to shield your skin, find or make shade (go inside, bring an umbrella, or put on a hat), plan to go inside during the … Read More
New Apparel Has Arrived! Believe Big – Fight Cancer
New Apparel Has Arrived! Fun new options for Spring and Summer We have our new Spring and Summer apparel in-store! Check out our new women’s white athletic hoodie pull over tops, men’s grey athletic shirts, infant onesies, and grey or yellow hats! Our apparel features a NEW fresh and fun take on our logo! Come by the Believe Big office … Read More
NEW! Support Group for Caregivers
Start the New Year with support from those who understand! Join us for Rays of Hope; Support for Caregivers. The mission of this group is to bring faith-based hope and much needed respite to caregivers. The group will be a safe place for the primary caregiver of a loved one with cancer to be listened to and encouraged all while participating in a … Read More
FDA Approval to Proceed with Phase I of the Mistletoe Clinical Trial! Believe Big
We received the wonderful news that we have been approved by the FDA to proceed with Phase I of the Mistletoe Clinical Trial at the Johns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center! THIS IS HUGE!! You should have heard the “Woo Hoo’s” and seen the celebration when we received the good news! This is an amazing accomplishment for all of us and especially for the cancer … Read More
Mistletoe: The holiday plant is making headlines as an alternative cancer treatment
Mistletoe’s big season may have just ended, but its role as an anticancer agent could be just getting started. An oncologist at Johns Hopkins successfully treated a patient who had advanced colon cancer with an extract of the seasonal botanical, sparking interest in the plant’s anticancer properties. The Smithsonian Institution describes mistletoe as a semiparasitic plant in the order of flowering … Read More
Cancer survivor drives Hopkins mistletoe therapy trials
Cancer survivor drives Hopkins mistletoe therapy trials By BY BARBARA PASH SEP 11, 2013 AT 8:02 AM Iveliesse Page is the founder of Believe Big, an anti-cancer non profit in Reisterstown. Believe Big is raising funds for a clinical trial at Johns Hopkins Medicine’s Kimmel Cancer Center. (Photo by Karen Jackson) Ivelisse Page is on a mission. In 2011, Page launched Believe Big, a … Read More