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The Coastal Buzz
Health and wellness
APRIL 2022
Pushups 4 Parkinson’s: The 10-10-10 Challenge Promoting Awareness and Finding a Cure By Casey Freed BSRI Case Manager
honoring his parents’ fight and their amazing ability to “push on and push through.”
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“Pushing up has a literal and figurative meaning. In the literal sense, we’re exercising to improve our physical and mental health. But figuratively we are pushing through and making it through a difficult situation,” Evan says. And that is good for our soul and emotional health.
hen Evan Cutler’s father was diagnosed with Parkinson’s at age 60, it hit his family hard. As his father Keith Cutler battled the debilitating physical effects of the disease, Evan altered his career and moved his family to be near his parents. His mother Arleen eventually became a fulltime caregiver. Keith’s illness lasted 14 years and in that time Evan needed to find a way to channel grief into positive action. He made a simple personal commitment to do a hundred push-ups every day for the rest of his life, as a way of
After his father’s death in 2017, Evan turned what was initially a personal challenge, dealing with his own grief, into a global effort to raise money and awareness in the fight against Parkinson’s. With the help of family, colleagues, and supporters, Evan created the Cutler Foundation, which now hosts the Push-Ups for Parkinson’s 100 Million Push-up Challenge.
10.10.10 for the Cure Known as the 10.10.10 Challenge, this movement challenges the world to do 100 million push-ups and raise
