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Portraits of Everyday Fighters: Parkinson's Awareness Month

"We shadowbox here every day, but I never saw the real shadow until now." Randy Evans, called "Powdered Sugar" in the boxing ring, is not your average boxer. In Rock Steady Boxing's non-contact curriculum, fighters don't battle each other [1] . Their mutual foes include anxiety, slow motion, apathy, and reduced coordination-- just a few symptoms of Parkinson's Disease . Randy doesn't have Parkinson's because he's a boxer. He boxes because he has Parkinson's. Fighters Deserve Celebration Last year I was browsing lifestyle news articles to get more familiar with charities local to my home state of Utah when I found a story featuring Sheila Powell (left)  [2] , an individual you might not peg as a boxer if you passed her on the street (and yet has a left hook to brag about!). Intrigued and profoundly inspired, I followed the organization's Facebook page and learned that while the participant demographic across