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What is LIVESTRONG?

Interest Form

Session Dates

Medical Release Form

Who Runs Livestrong at the YMCA of Silicon Valley?

Process of Getting Livestrong Participants Access to the Y During the Program

Visit our website for sessions dates: https://www.ymcasv.org/livestrong

What is LIVESTRONG?

In 2007, LIVESTRONG® partnered with the YMCA to create LIVESTRONG® at the YMCA, a 12-week physical activity program designed to get cancer survivors back on their feet.

Researchers from Yale University and Dana Farber Cancer Institute conducted a research study on the impact of the program on participants’ cancer-related outcomes. They found that participants experienced significant increases in physical activity, overall quality of life and fitness performance as well as decreases in cancer-related fatigue.

With LIVESTRONG®, survivors participate in free or low-cost customized exercise regimens catered to their individual needs from certified fitness instructors. The instructors are trained in cancer survivorship, post-rehabilitation exercise and supportive cancer care. Survivors receive a membership at the YMCA for the duration of the program. The program is offered for free or low-cost at the discretion of the YMCA.

Interest Form

If you are interested in participating in the LIVESTRONG® program, please complete the form here: https://www.ymcasv.org/livestrong 

Medical Release Form

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Who Runs Livestrong at the YMCA of Silicon Valley?

Our Outreach Services department who is a part of AO run the Livestrong program.

Laura Peterson heads the Outreach Services department. Laura's direct supervisor is the COO (currently Mary)

Current Livestrong Coaches

Each YMCA branch that has a Livestrong program (or what we call "cohort") has a main Livestrong Coach that runs the actual Livestrong program at the Y. 

Central: Kelly Spivey. However, Jenny Fong is usually our touchpoint and she is the go-between to connect with Kelly

East Valley: Misty Yoon

El Camino: Shanon Pestrong. However, Alice Rosenbach is her assistant in this program and Alice usually does the communication to the YSC.

Northwest: Ruth Le Beau

Palo Alto: ShuMei Cheng. However Verenice is usually our touchpoint and she the go-between to connect with ShuMei. 

South Valley: Marni Jasso

Southwest: Shelley Snowdon

Process of Getting Livestrong Participants Access to the Y during their program. 

Kelly SH is currently the person who works with Laura Peterson and the LIvestrong coaches to set up Y membership access during their program. She has access to Welld which is the program the Livestrong uses.

Once a Livestrong cohort has been formed at a branch, and the program is either about to start, or just started, the Livestrong coach is to follow these sets of instructions:

In order better assist YSC in setting up the Program Memberships for LIVESTRONG^® at the YMCA participants and maintain the best HIPAA compliance, the following is the new procedure for membership processing.

1. Kelly Stark Hernandez in the YSC will process all memberships. Kelly has access to see the LIVESTRONG^®cohorts in Welld and can see who is enrolled in the program.
2. When referrals come in, Laura P will add a Note to their file with their Personify ID if they are already a YMCA member.
3. Enrollment is completed in Welld once the Initial Functional Assessment is entered. Please email kelly.stark@ymcasv.org when your program session starts so that she is aware of the need to process memberships. Assessments take place on 2^nd day of session. Please input assessment data within 24-48 hours so memberships can be processed timely.
4. Coaches, this information should be collected by the first program session date.
5. Coaches should add a Touchpoint and assign it to Kelly Stark Hernandez in the ‘Completed By’ field. Add the following information to the touchpoint note:
   
   • Touchpoint: Please add 2-Adult Program Membership effective START DATE to END DATE.
     • Caregiver Information (sometimes called "Support Person":
       • Name (First and Last)
       • DOB
       • Email Address
       • Phone Number
       • Physical Address (if different than participant)
   • Touchpoint: If the participant is a REPEAT participant who does NOT receive free membership, please add the following Touchpoint: “REPEAT participant. No change to YMCA membership.”
   • Touchpoint: If the participant has children, they can be added to the membership at a cost of $15/month for ages 0-11. Please add an additional Touchpoint for Kelly as follows:
     • Please add monthly child membership for the following # children
       • Child 1:
       • Name (First and Last)
       • DOB
       • Child 2:
       • Name (First and Last)
       • DOB
       • Child 3:
       • Name (First and Last)
       • DOB
6. Kelly will add the memberships and send participants a welcome email with their membership ID and instructions for the YMCA app.