Prostate Cancer Awareness Month > 108 Miles in September Challenge
Welcome, and prepare to Power Up Your Health! Can you complete 108 miles in 30 days for the 1 in 8 men who will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in their lifetime? Follow the steps below to get started!
Get Started:
- Join the private Facebook group.
- Create your Facebook fundraiser.
- Put in 108 miles in September walking, running, or hiking!
- Set your goals and log your miles as you go in our tracker!
How does this work? To start, exercise improves the function of the tiny “power packs” in your cells that produce energy. You’ll feel empowered to set your fitness goals and accomplish them. And for people with prostate cancer, the health benefits of exercise are well-documented, including improved cardiovascular fitness and a lower risk of progression and recurrence. Check out this article on how exercise makes the body less hospitable to prostate cancer and this interview with PCF-funded researcher Christina Dieli-Conwright, PhD, MPH, for practical tips on getting started.
For friends, family members, caregivers, or anyone wanting to support prostate cancer research, you’ll be reaping the health benefits too. It seems like every day there’s another story in the news highlighting the reasons to exercise.
This September, challenge yourself to raise money for prostate cancer research and walk away
with better health.
Let’s power up our health together!
Common Fundraising Questions
What if a friend doesn’t want to donate on Facebook?
To make a donation to support the challenge on PCF’s website, use the online donation form at www.pcf.org/108miles/donate
Friends have been giving me donations! What do I do with them?
Please mail them to PCF and include your information. While we cannot update your fundraising total on Facebook, we will keep your total in our records. You can use this form if it makes it easier to organize or if donors would like to receive a tax receipt.
Prostate Cancer Foundation
Attn: 108 Miles in September
1250 Fourth Street
Santa Monica, CA 90401
If you have any additional questions regarding the challenge, feel free to email us at [email protected]. You can also review the FAQs to help answer most of your questions.