Fitness For A Cure

Fitness For A Cure 2010

Photos by Emilie Inc
St. Jude Performance Team




Fitness For A Cure Gala


Sherri Sarrouf



During the holiday season I tend to think more about giving back to others than any other part of the year. I also tend to have those less fortunate on my mind. I want to take a minute to let you know about one of the best events for giving back; Fitness For A Cure.

Fitness For A Cure is an event started by the owner of SLS Fitness, Sherri Sarrouf. Sherri hosts this event to raise money for St. Jude Children’s Hospital. For those of you who are not familiar with St. Jude’s it is a hospital known all over the world for finding cures and helping to save children with cancer and other horrible illnesses. If a child gets sick the child’s family can bring them to St. Jude’s where all costs not covered by insurance will be taken care of. As you will read about on the Fitness For A Cure website, “In 2010, St. Jude was ranked the most trusted charity in the nation in a public survey conducted by Harris Interactive, a highly respected international polling and research firm. St. Jude was also named the nation's top children's cancer hospital in the 2010-11, "Best Children's Hospitals", rankings published by U.S. News & World.”
The Fitness For a Cure gala raises money for St. Jude’s, but most importantly will change you as an individual. I attended the event for the first time last year. I had heard numerous great things about it, but wasn’t sure what to expect. Needless to say, I walked out of the event a changed person. My perspective about how lucky I am to be healthy, the stunningly sad realization of what it must be like to have a sick child, the inspirational attitude of the children who are extremely ill at St. Jude’s, How much of an influence people can have on a great organization if they all work together. So many things were brought to my attention I had never thought about before. The event included performances by the St. Jude performance team, a family who had lost a child to cancer, BC football player and cancer survivor Mark Herzlich, and a special performance at the end by the lead singer of the once popular band, Lonestar.

Bring your tissues! This year's event is on March 26th, 2011 at the Lowell Memorial Auditorium in Lowell, MA. I urge you to check out the website and learn what Fitness For A Cure and St. Jude’s are all about!