Team LIVESTRONG Spotlight: Jill

It’s the people in our lives that make life more interesting, fun and ultimately meaningful. I was reminded of this truth recently as a group of colleagues joined together for our annual spring picnic. The air was thick with the smell of a charcoal grill, the sun was shining and of course, we played good ol’ fashioned team-building games. The team favorite was the egg toss. You know, when two people toss an egg back and forth, all while stepping farther away from each other to create more distance between themselves. Who doesn’t love a game where someone has an egg break on them? We started with approximately 12 teams (24 people). As teams were eliminated from the competition, I loved watching how they would turn their attention to cheering on the remaining teams. And as one of the final three teams in the competition, I benefited and appreciated the spirit and cheering from my fellow colleagues. While my picnic experience may seem insignificant, I believe it demonstrates the power of community in our lives. Community is one of the main reasons that LIVESTRONG exists. We seek to serve cancer survivors and their communities while working toward, and pushing for, overall system change. I like to think of our mission as three concentric circles – serving individuals, building and engaging communities and changing systems. LIVESTRONG has a community-based program called LIVESTRONG at the YMCA, which is currently available in over 450 locations across the U.S. The individu...
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