SARATOGA SPRINGS — The JoyUs Foundation mission is “to restore Joy and Serenity in the lives of cancer survivors and their families, by providing access to outdoor experiences.”
The experiences are: hiking, kayaking, fishing, organic gardening, and connection with other cancer survivors in a
relaxed setting. JoyUs hopes to raise enough money to open a property in the Adirondacks that will offer an extended stay and all experiences to cancer survivors and their families without financial burden. Janet created JoyUs and Evolution Strength and Performance Gym collaborated with her to bring the foundation’s dream to life.
“We wanted to partner up with her. Our focus here is giving back for the third quarter, it’s a focus all year round but we’re really putting a big emphasis on it this year. We set up the swing event. We’re trying to reach a certain dollar amount,” said Lindsay Cruz, a coach at the gym.
The gym is holding the Stronger than Cancer 12,000 swing challenge to raise money for JoyUs. Participants will do sets of kettleball swings every minute, on the minute, for 60 minutes.
“The gym is still kind of in its infancy stage. We have about 70 members, we do mostly small group training here. We opened in the summer of last year. We’ve got a community of people here that love to help each other out so this is perfect for us. We’re looking for anybody outside the community that wants to come in, evenif they’ve never done any training before with kettleballs; we’re willing to give them introduction to that and if they want to help out and raise money or if they actually want to participate that would be awesome,” Cruz explained.
People participating are encouraged to partner with a friend or create a team of three and “tag-in” when the participant needs rest. The gym’s goal is to raise $1,200 and pledge to do one swing for every 10 cents that is donated. Prizes are offered to the teams who do the most swings.
“$1,200 that’s our goal, I think we’re going to smash it. We’ve already got members here signed up, think we have 10 teams so far and we’re trying to get 20,” Cruz stated.
The JoyUs Foundation’s official website states: “Together, we can change the face of Cancer Survivorship! Together, we are Stronger than Cancer!” The swing event will be from 10 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Nov. 17. Evolution Strength and Performance Gym is located at 9 Hampstead Place Suite 102, Saratoga Springs. Any inquiries can be addressed via phone at 518-350-7037 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..