Registration
is open for the LI2DAY Walk,
June 11 and Half Marathon June 12. This is an awesome event that Strength for
Life has been involved with for 4 years and both proud and blessed to be a
beneficiary of. Join team "STRENGTH FOR LIFE". If you register by the end of October the
registration fee is reduced to $60 from $75 AND you receive a great promotional
shirt.
In the last 4 years the LI2Day has
awarded Strength for Life $56,900,
now we promote the event to others because of our wonderful experience with
them, aside from the financials. From year one we have been in awe of the
accomplishments, professionalism and camaraderie of the LI2DAY team.
Your obligation is to raise $500 for a GREAT cause, where all the
money raised stays on LI. Look at the beneficiaries
- they are all our neighbors, helping family, friends and neighbors. As a
survivor, you are so honored during this event - with an emotional walk over
the bridge ... and if you do not believe you can walk 13.1 miles there is help.
If you are concerned and able to walk the 13.1, Strength for Life will train
you! Join us and just do it!
The LI2DAY Walk was
originally founded in 2004 responding to the critical need for funding of
community-based organizations that provide assistance to Long Islanders with
breast cancer. Funds raised go to local grassroots breast cancer and other
women’s cancer organizations, breast cancer research and the LI2Day Scholarship
Fund. The LI2Day Walk is a volunteer-based community event like no other with a
constituency of over 1,000 active and enthusiastic participants. LI2DAY is
committed to Long Islanders who are fighting breast cancer. LI2DAY has raised
over $6 MILLION to assist Long Islanders with medical expenses, transportation,
prosthetics and wigs, physical therapy, child care, research and education.
NEW: In 2014, LI2DAY expanded its mission to include funding for all can
Strength for Life is
a non- profit organization providing FREE exercise classes and wellness
retreats to cancer patients/survivors on LI. Our immediate purpose is to help
cancer patients feel their absolute best, to regain their ‘strength for life’,
improve their daily functional activities, quality of life and self- esteem.
The ultimate mission is to educate the medical community on the benefits of
adding exercise to the treatment and recovery plan. In 2010 the American College of Sports
Medicine changed their guidelines for cancer patients to “avoid inactivity” and to date there are many studies touting the
benefits of exercise. The medical
community needs to be more pro-active in adding an exercise prescription to
their treatment plan. Strength for Life is committed to make classes as
accessible as possible to all cancer patients/survivors in Nassau and Suffolk
counties by seeking donated space at a location convenient to the group to
eliminate the travel burden from the survivors.
We provide the equipment for each to keep and continue the exercises at
home. Strength for Life maintains these
programs at no cost to the survivor to eliminate any financial burden.
Wellness Retreat offers 20 survivors an overnight stay at a local
hotel, meals and a variety of classes introducing them to different modalities
of exercise and complementary therapies, and the necessary equipment to
continue their exercise prescription at home. Classes include but not limited
to Zumba, Strength Training, Yoga, Tai Chi, Reiki, Sound Healing, Art / Writing
Therapy, Feng Shui for Healing in addition to presentations by Doctors of
Naturopathic and Osteopathic Medicine along with other Holistic Healers. The retreat can best be described by a
testimonial from Great Non Profits (below).
I don't even know how to begin to say .....thank
you .... My
amazing journey with Strength For Life began with a newspaper article given to
me by a friend. I took that info to my social worker and from there it was up
to me to get actively involved in my healing. And I
did.... Monday
nights at Winthrop are fun. Jacqui, you make me, us feel alive and loved through
exercise. Thank you! When I found out Strength for Life gives us a weekend
of healing I couldn't believe it. I still can't believe it. What a beautiful, kind, educational fun, amazing,
active weekend I had. Not only did you, Debbie and Theresa exercise my body
but also my mind. We had guest speakers that gave a food for thought,
more like a feast! We zumba'd, had yoga and had the most enlightened Reiki
experience. Thank you! Since breast cancer I do my best to find the silver
lining in life. Strength for life has been one of those big silver linings. With Gratitude, Catherine Beriloff To all those amazing, strong women I met on the
September 2015 weekend I am sending positive energy to your journey of
healing . Namaste
For more information
please do not hesitate to call 631-675-6513 or email
strengthforlife@optonline.net
