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Charities Challenge (CC) is a unique charitable team training program whose mission is to improve health and fitness, reduce health risks, and enhance disease management through goal-oriented training programs.
CC will also be advocating and raising funds to benefit a variety of special health causes, such as arthritis, cancer, diabetes, heart and lung diseases, depression, and more, in cooperation with and in support of our CC Charities Partners. CC especially wants to help those health related charities which have “Taken the Challenge” to also lead healthful and effective exercise as part of their mission to benefit themselves and their constituents health.
CC is a leader in appropriate, safe, and effective exercise for special populations or people living with a chronic disease. It is not Charities Challenge’s purpose or intent to treat disease but to promote healthy lifestyles through appropriate exercise and training programs with a goal. Persons with health problems should always consult their physician for specific medical guidance when considering starting an exercise program.
Our Mission:
Charities Challenge’s mission is to improve health and fitness, reduce health risks, and enhance disease management through goal-oriented training programs.
Why Charities Challenge?
Healthy people are more likely to stay healthy when they stay fit through regular exercise.
However, physical inactivity is now recognized as a principle risk factor for many “lifestyle” chronic diseases like heart disease, diabetes, cancer and depression.
It’s been estimated that 60-80% of America’s healthcare costs are related to physical inactivity and inadequate exercise.
It is not Charities Challenge’s purpose or intent to treat disease but to promote healthy lifestyles through appropriate exercise and training programs with a goal. Persons with health problems should always consult their physician for specific medical guidance when considering starting an exercise program.
CC Charities Partners:
In addition to promoting and supporting CC’s own mission, many CC members will be fundraising through CC to help our CC Charities Partners to more effectively promote and lead exercise programs for their special populations, as well as to fund research to find cures and improve the lives of all people affected by chronic diseases.
CC is challenging all of our CC Charities Partners to promote and lead their special populations in appropriate exercise as a principle part of their missions to “improve the lives of all people” so affected by the diseases they’re addressing. CC will help lead and/or promote many of these exercise programs for our Charities Partners and their special populations.
CC members will walk, racewalk, run, ride (bikes), row, and/or roll (inline skates or wheelchairs) in training for significant goal events.
Many CC team members will train to complete personally challenging athletic goal events across America and internationally as a significant part of our mission to fundraise and advocate for better health through exercise.
These CC Traveling Team Members are our “CC Ambassadors” promoting and demonstrating the benefits of exercise to health, fitness and improved disease management.
Make a Comeback, Kid!
CC’s unique and inspiring “Make a Comeback, Kid!” (MACK!) opportunity encourages select CC team members to make a health/fitness/athletic comeback from a serious accident, illness or disease. CC will train and include these special “Challenged Honored Athletes” in our teams with scholarship support. The MACK! scholarship program seeks nominees.
Support CC:
Charities Challenge is a recognized non-profit corporation.
Please consider CC for grants to help support our mission.
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