Lance Armstrong Foundation Goes on Location—To The Cancer Project

Prostate cancer survivor Don Hibbard.

The Cancer Project is one of 15 nonprofits selected by the Lance Armstrong Foundation for inclusion in an upcoming video, Stories of Impact. LAF has helped sponsor The Cancer Project’s Food for Life vegetarian nutrition and cooking classes for cancer prevention and survival.

Filmmaker Wilson Waggoner and his team recently spent the day at The Cancer Project’s D.C. headquarters, interviewing staff, cooking instructors, and class participants about the impact and influence of the classes. The goal of these classes is to teach people how healthy food can help them prevent the onset and recurrence of certain cancers. 

Cara Liberatore, a mountain climbing guide, athlete, and Cancer Project instructor from Montana, flew to D.C. to share her story with the filmmakers. A breast cancer survivor who is teaching the Food for Life Classes throughout the Rocky Mountain corridor, Liberatore credits a healthy plant-based diet with helping her pursue her active life.

Cancer Project instructor and breast cancer survivor Cara Liberatore.

Other Cancer Project “stars” included Don Hibbard, a prostate cancer survivor from Maryland; Karen Marinov, a breast cancer survivor from Virginia; and Sandra Mederos, a cooking instructor from Northern Virginia. Cancer Project outreach coordinator Brandi Redo, managing director Jennifer Reilly, R.D., and Cancer Project president Neal Barnard, M.D., also participated in the filming.

Stories of Impact will be completed before the end of the year. Information about how you can see the film will appear in future issues of Cancer Project News and on www.CancerProject.org.

The Cancer Project’s popular Food for Life classes are now available in more than 40 cities around the country. For the latest schedules, go to our online class list or call 202-244-5038.

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