PushUps4Parkinsons, organized by the Cutler Foundation, originally began as founder Evan Cutler’s personal push-up challenge of 100 every day for life, to honor his father Keith during his courageous 14-year journey with Parkinson’s, and mother Arleen, dedicated caregiver. With some quick math from the help of his son, Jonah, they realized that if Evan continued this push-up movement every day unt
il the age of Keith’s passing, 74, he would reach 1,000,000 push-ups.
”If I can do one million push-ups, and I will, then we should be able to get the rest of the world to do 100 million! And while we’re at it, let’s raise 100 million dollars”, said Cutler “10 at a time”. The project gained attention within the Parkinson’s and caregiver communities, and quickly expanded into a global movement around the world. Now known as the my101010 Challenge, participants are encouraged to record and share a video or photo of themselves doing 10 push-ups, give $10 at www.my1010.org, (Venmo my101010) and challenge / tag 10 friends do the same. Virtual Challenge Day events are being planned for October 10th around the globe, with the goal of uniting people around the world to simultaneously do 10 push-ups at 10:10. "We are challenging the world to have some fun and improve their health, all while providing funding to educate, enrich and improve the lives of caregivers and those with Parkinson’s” says Cutler.
