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NEW YORK, NY - Lunar Sports Group has secured the services of Ethan Zohn for the 10th Annual Women's Health & Fitness Expo which takes place on May 1, 2010. Zohn is the 2002 winner of the reality television show Survivor. With his 1 million dollar prize money, Ethan co-founder Grassroot Soccer, a nonprofit organization that trains professional soccer players to teach African children, through a tailor- made curriculum, about HIV/AIDS prevention. Since its inception in 2008 GRS has “graduated” over 300,000 and has partnered with Nike, the Gates Foundation, FIFA Futbol for Hope, Daimler Chrysler, DeBeers and Kellogg Foundation. By the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa, the organization’s goal is to graduate one million African youths from the program. In April 2009, Ethan was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma and soon thereafter was asked to serve as National Ambassador for “Stand Up 2 Cancer”. Ethan is also highly involved with Lance Armstrong’s Livestrong Foundation and is consistently used as a keynote speaker and an ambassador at a variety of events, including all of the Summer 2009 Livestrong Challenge Races while Lance was training and competing in the Tour de France. Ethan is also the national spokesperson for America Scores, an organization that helps inner city kids participate in educational soccer programs. Other extensive charity work includes the Colon Cancer Alliance, Intergovernmental Renewable Energy Organization (IREO), Autism Speaks, PETA, St. Jude Hospital and Maccabi USA. The 36-year-old has been a champion for the young adults to raise awareness for the 18-40 year old demographic who is battling cancer. Each week Ethan takes to the internet and has partnered with People Magazine’s online presence People.com to video blog about his fight against cancer, disease- the humor, the fear, the doctors’ offices, hospitals etc. In addition, Ethan continues to educate others by speaking at events around the country, both at the corporate and youth levels. The Women’s Health & Fitness Expo is honored to have Ethan Zohn as one of their featured guests! The 10th Annual Women’s Health and Fitness Expo is set to be held May 1, 2010 at the Kingston Tech Center in Kingston, NY. The Expo, with over 100 workshops, lectures, vendors, and cooking demonstrations Offers women, men, and children a chance to change their lives, to experience different ways to cook, eat, exercise and feel better, physically, mentally and spiritually.
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