Be A Leader - Take Steps to Help End Cancer As we Know It
Join CEOs, executives, and thousands of colleagues around the country to step up and join the fight against cancer. American Cancer Society Fit2Be Cancer Free is a virtual fundraising and activity challenge promoting cancer prevention in the workplace. Participants navigate an interactive map that includes impact milestones and a live chat feature to engage and motivate each other.
Employee health and wellness is important
83% of employers say cancer is in the top 3 conditions driving their health care costs
Getting enough exercise lowers risk of 7 cancers: colon, breast, endometrial, kidney, multiple myeloma, liver, non-Hodgkin lymphoma
Walking, running, jogging, biking, swimming. Just moving - the 2026 Challenge is coming!
2025 Fit2Be cancer free - We stepped up!
Thanks to our passionate participants for a record-breaking year! 50+ CEOs and executives kicked off the challenge taking more than 2 million steps in 24 hours. Employees from 54 companies joined in. Together, they took steps for their health and raised funds to support American Cancer Society's mission to ensure everyone has an opportunity to prevent, detect, treat, and survive cancer.
2025 winners
CEO Challenge:
1st place: Brendan Freeman, Wisconsin CEOs Against Cancer – 112,231 steps
2nd place: Juliet Breeze, MD, Next Level Medical – 111,441 steps
3rd place: Matt Kersting, CSI Leasing – 105,923 steps
- Most Socially Active: Steve O’Loughlin, LHM
Brendan Freeman Wisconsin CEOs Against Cancer 112,231 steps
Juliet Breeze, MD Next Level Medical 111,441 steps
Matt Kersting CSI Leasing 105,923 steps
Employee challenge winners:
- National Employee Challenge Winner (most distance accrued): McKesson with a total of 159,584 miles.
- Mission Impact Winner (most dollars raised): Freestone Capital Management with $60,025 raised with more expected.
- Highest Average Participation (highest average distance per participant): Acquis Consulting with an average of 6.23 miles per participant per day.
