In the last 4 years LI2Day has awarded Strength for Life $56,900, 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.
As you know, 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 cancers.
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. Our programs can best be described by testimonials on our Great Non Profits page. (http://greatnonprofits.org/org/strength-for-life-inc)
Strength for Life has volunteered to run the 'Serenity Tent' during the walk, it is a beautiful respite to honor our Loved Ones that we have lost.
Why the LI2Day Walk is so important to the community…LI2DAY has raised over $6 MILLION in 12 years from the LI2Day Walk. LI2DAY has awarded $165,000 in scholarships to 66 students, a yearly breast cancer research grant to Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory and funded programs that have assisted over 145,000 Long Islanders. Through local grassroots organizations from Manhasset to Montauk, these programs assist with medical expenses, transportation, prosthetics and wigs, physical therapy, child care, research, education and more
About LI2DAY…Since LI2DAY’s inception in 2004, the organization has funded community-based programs that provide assistance to Long Islanders affected by breast cancer. Breast cancer does not discriminate. LI2DAY funded programs encompass multi-cultural, socioeconomic and age-specific populations such as those of young breast cancer survivors. The programs we have funded over the last 12 years have grown to include counseling services specifically designed for children and teens affected by their parent/guardian’s breast cancer, as well as Hospice programs that provide comfort and dignity to the patients and their families at the end-stage-of-life. And this year, LI2DAY will be funding programs to assist all cancers through our beneficiary organizations whose by-laws and funding permit them to do so. Together through these grass-roots organizations, LI2DAY is helping women, men, and their families have a fighting chance against breast cancer and all cancers.
What's Raised on Long Island Stays on Long Island. For more information visit www.li2daywalk.org