Uplifting Athletes

Uplifting Athletes

Uplifting Athletes was founded in 2003 by a group of college football teammates who turned an annual weight lifting competition into a fund-raiser when a player’s father was diagnosed with kidney cancer. Since then, the effort has evolved into a nonprofit organization that leverages college football to change the perception of underserved rare diseases and raise them as a national priority. [cite web|url=http://www.upliftingathletes.org|title= Uplifting Athletes|publisher=Scott Shirley, Uplifting Athletes|accessdate=2008-06-16]

Rare Diseases

One out of 12 Americans have been diagnosed with a rare disease. In order for a disease to be classified as "rare", it must affect fewer than 200,000 people in the United States. [cite web|url=http://rarediseases.info.nih.gov/RareDiseaseList.aspx|title= Rare Diseases and Related Terms|publisher=National Institute of Health Office of Rare Diseases|accessdate=2008-06-16]

Chapters

Uplifting Athletes currently has a chapter at Penn State University. The Penn State University football team has chosen to support the Kidney Cancer Association. To date the team has raised $225,000 dollars. The Penn State chapter raises funds and awareness through its annual weight-lifting competition, Lift for Life. [cite web|url=http://www.upliftingathletes.org|title= Uplifting Athletes|publisher=Scott Shirley, Uplifting Athletes|accessdate=2008-06-16] This competition allows Penn State football players to compete in teams of four in a fun-to-watch eleven event strength and conditioning challenge. The exercises range from the ordinary (such as the bench press) to the extreme (such as the giant tire flip) and are designed to test both the mental and physical toughness of the participating athletes. [cite web|url=http://www.psuliftforlife.org/lfl/event_history.htm|title= Lift for Life|publisher=Lift for Life|accessdate=2008-06-16]

Uplifting Athletes will also be working with The Ohio State University football team. Ohio State has also chosen to support the Kidney Cancer Association and hold a video game tournament to support the cause.

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