Brandon Phillips: Polo For Life

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On this Episode of Outside The Boards Podcast, I am really
excited to introduce to you Brandon Phillips, a polo player,
cancer survivor and founder of Polo For Life. An organization
that raises money to help pediatric cancer patients and their
families from diagnosis and treatment to survivorship and
long-term follow-up.


Brandon is a professional polo player. During his career, he won
many of the sport’s most prestigious tournaments. However,
winning these tournaments is not the biggest victory he has
achieved…surviving stage 4 non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma is. 


Everything seemed to be falling into place for the young Phillips
until the day he woke up with severe swelling and aching pain in
his left leg. Twenty-four hours later, he was diagnosed with
non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and given a prognosis of six weeks to
live. Phillips was just 14 years old.


Phillips endured five grueling months of intensive chemotherapy
sessions yet never lost his spirit nor accepted death as an
option. He beat the odds and went into remission. 


Brandon vowed to dedicate his life to pursuing what he loved
most…polo.  Later, he would fuse his passion for polo with
his desire to help families facing the dreadful challenge of
surviving childhood cancers. 


Brandon is an incredible human being who has faced tremendous
odds at such a young age. He has taken his experience and has
become an inspiration for millions of kids and their parents who
are facing pediatric cancer. Brandon is a symbol of hope and his
story should be told to millions who are faced with this disease.


 For information, please contact Polo For Life, Executive
Director, Barbara Cook at 917-838-2074 or
barbara@poloforlife.org.


 
Outside The Boards Season #3 Podcast is presented by:
The United States Polo Association & National Polo Center -
Wellington


The United States Polo Association is organized and exists
for the purposes of promoting the game of polo; coordinating the
activities of its member clubs and registered player members;
arranging and supervising polo tournaments, competitions, and
games; and providing rules, handicaps and tournament conditions
for those events. 


Its overarching goals are improving the sport and promoting the s


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