Our Inaugural 5K Run (11/21/10) attracted 520 registrants
and was preceded by the Donal Hughes ½ mile “Fun Run” with more than 60 children participating. The proceeds go directly into the programs that Strength for Life offers ‘free of charge’ to cancer patients.
Strength for Life provides exercise classes, equipment
and wellness retreats to cancer patients on Long Island at no cost to participants. Founded, in 2007, in memory of Evelyn Knapp who lost her battle with breast cancer at 40 years old. As an
exercise physiologist Evelyn knew the benefits of exercise and personally experienced how it helped during treatment. We
became Certified Cancer Exercise Specialists hoping to share the information and empower cancer patients/survivors to feel their absolute best and regain their ‘strength for life’. After our
first breast cancer support group presentation we knew we had to offset the costs somehow because cancer patients have astronomical costs even when they have insurance.