7th Annual YAS-A-THON Benefiting Cancer Support Community Benjamin Center

(L-R) Pat Kennedy (CSC Board President), Julia Forth (CSC Executive Director) and Ann Benjamin (CSC Board Vice Chair and daughter of The Wellness Community Founders)

(L-R) YAS Fitness Founder and cancer survivor Kimberly Fowler and YAS Fitness Vice President Sherri Rosen

(L-R) Irene Wiebel, Julia Forth, Pat Kennedy, Kenya DeJarnette, Kimberly Fowler, Ann Benjamin, Sherri Rosen, Jen Cook

YAS Fitness Centers and Cancer Support Community Benjamin Center (CSC) teamed up for the 7th annual YAS-A-THON on Sunday, June 26, 2016 at the YAS Fitness Centers in Venice and Silver Lake. The three-hour cycle-thon benefited the free programs and services provided by CSC Benjamin Center for people impacted by cancer.

Since the opening of YAS Fitness Center, Kimberly Fowler, founder, had a vision – an event that would tie two of her passions together, fitness and philanthropy. YAS Fitness Centers, who pioneered the unique combination of yoga and spinning®, has raised nearly $2 million for a variety of organizations focusing on cancer research and programs benefiting those impacted by cancer.

About the Cancer Support Community Benjamin Center

CSC’s mission is to ensure that all people impacted by cancer are empowered by knowledge, strengthened by action and sustained by community. In 2009, The Wellness Community and Gilda’s Club joined forces to become the Cancer Support Community. The combined organization provides the highest quality social and emotional support for people impacted by cancer through a network of 50 licensed affiliates, more than 120 satellite locations and vibrant online and telephone communities, touching more than one million people each year. Cancer Support Community Benjamin Center was founded in 1982 in Santa Monica, California by Dr. Harold and Harriet Benjamin. Cancer Support Community Benjamin Center offers 100% free invaluable emotional and psychological support and healthy life-style services, including education and social activities. For more information, visit cancersupportcommunitybenjamincenter.org.

About YAS Fitness Centers

YAS Fitness Centers feature hybrid fitness movement combining Yoga and indoor cycling, YAS is for people who value their health, fitness and time. “The Godmother of the Hybrid Movement,” Kimberly Fowler is founder of YAS Fitness Centers, author, philanthropist, feminist, athlete, speaker and cancer survivor. Since opening YAS Fitness Center in Venice, CA in 2001, Fowler has regularly shaken up the yoga and fitness worlds with her fresh, no-nonsense workouts designed for everyone. There are currently 5 YAS Fitness Center located in Venice, Silverlake, Downtown Los Angeles, Costa Mesa and Portland, OR. YAS workout DVDs, YAS Signature yoga and sportswear line and Fowler’s bestselling practical guide to yoga, The No OM Zone, is available at all YAS Fitness Centers. YAS has raised nearly $2 million for a variety of organizations focusing on cancer research. For more information, visit go2yas.com/.