On Sunday September 16, 2007, The Colosseum Gym will be hosting the 1st Annual Lift for the Cure: Powerlifting and Bench Press Competition. All proceeds to help benefit the Ulman Cancer Fund for Young Adults. This will be an OPEN meet limited to 60 lifters. All weight classes will be honored, including a separate Law Enforcement Division (Top Cop Award). This will be a unsanctioned RAW meet (belts and wraps only). USAPL rules apply.

Guest Judge and exhibition lift by 7-time USPF National Champion and 6-time IPF World Champion, "Captain Kirk" Karwoski.

The $25 application fee/donation includes a unique event t-shirt, food and refreshments and the opportunity to help a great cause. Event categories include Squat/Bench/Deadlift OR Bench only. Weigh in time is 8 am - 9am. Lifting will start at 10 am. Limited to 60 lifters.

Spectators are welcome! The $5 spectator donation to The Ulman Cancer Fund for Young Adults includes food and refreshments. Children under 6 are free. Shirt sales and vendors will be on the scene.

The event will be held at The Colosseum Gym located at 9195F Red Branch Road, Columbia, Maryland.

More on the Ulman Fund and how it came about.

At age 19, Doug Ulman was a sophomore at Brown University, a healthy, active, college student and Division I soccer player, in the prime of his life. One event would change his life forever. During a routine jog, he began having problems breathing, something that was not unusual since he had suffered from asthma as a child. But this was different.

Flat on his back, sliding through a CAT scanner, Doug Ulman could see the technician out of the corner of his eye, pointing to something on a computer screen. The realization came quickly – something was wrong. It turned out that a growth the size of two golf balls was wedged in the space between his spine, ribs, and lungs. And instantly, cancer changed the course of his life.

Frustrated by the lack of support programs or literature directed at the needs of young adults affected by cancer, Doug and his family created The Ulman Cancer Fund For Young Adults (UCF) to fill the void that exists in health care services. Since 1997, the UCF has been working to provide young adults and their families with a unique and comprehensive system of support. Its mission is to provide support programs, education and resources, free of charge, to benefit young adults, their families and friends, who are affected by cancer, and to promote awareness and prevention of cancer.