Mission: Rock Steady Boxing gives people with Parkinson’s disease hope by improving their quality of life through a non-contact boxing based fitness curriculum. Parkinson’s disease is a degenerative movement disorder which can cause deterioration of motor skills, balance, speech and sensory function. Rock Steady Boxing is the first gym in the country dedicated to the fight against Parkinson’s.
Target demographics: people with Parkinson's disease
Direct beneficiaries per year: 180 people locally, and have Affiliate programs all over the world
Geographic areas served: Indianapolis, IN
Programs: non-contact, boxing-inspired fitness training that can reverse, and even delay, many of their symptoms.