GET INVOLVED
There’s More Than One Way to Make a Difference.
You don’t have to be a participant to be part of Fighting Back. Our Community of Support is strengthened by volunteers, donors, sponsors, caregivers, families and friends who give their time, resources and encouragement to help others keep moving forward.
Find the way that’s right for you. ↓
WAYS TO GET INVOLVED
Find Your Place in Our Community.
Bring your time, talents, resources and enthusiasm. Every kind of support helps create more possibilities for the people we serve.
VOLUNTEER
From helping at events to supporting activities throughout the year, volunteers play an important role in bringing the Fighting Back community together. Whether you can help once or want to stay involved, we’d love to hear from you.
Give Your Time. Make It Matter.
ATTEND
Come experience the Community of Support for yourself. Our events bring participants, caregivers, families, volunteers, donors and friends together throughout the year to celebrate achievements, recognize caregivers, raise support and have fun.
Show Up. Celebrate. Connect.
SPONSOR
Event and community sponsorships give businesses and organizations an opportunity to support Fighting Back while helping us create meaningful experiences for participants, caregivers and families. Sponsorship opportunities vary throughout the year and by event.
Put Your Support Behind the Mission.
GIVE
Financial support helps Fighting Back provide scholarship-funded adaptive fitness and the encouragement, connection and community that surround it. Every gift helps someone continue moving forward.
Help make continued progress possible.
COLLEGE INTERNSHIP PROGRAM
Learn. Grow. Make a Difference.
Real world experience that goes beyond the classroom.
Interested in a career in fitness, exercise science, healthcare or a related field? The College Internship Program at Fitness Trainers, Inc. (FTI), home of the Fighting Back Scholarship Program, offers students a unique opportunity to learn alongside experienced professionals while working with a diverse range of clients.
Interns gain exposure to personal training, adaptive fitness, specialized exercise programs and the day-to-day operations of a fitness facility. It's an opportunity to develop practical skills, broaden perspectives and discover the difference that individualized care and encouragement can make.
WHO CAN APPLY?
FTI welcomes applicants pursuing associate's or bachelor's degrees in exercise physiology, exercise science, kinesiology, allied or pre-allied health sciences, physical or occupational therapy, special education, and health and physical education.
Students studying advertising, marketing, nonprofit management or healthcare administration may also be considered.
INTERESTED IN LEARNING MORE?
We'd love to hear from you! Use our Contact form and select Internship from the inquiry dropdown. Tell us a little about yourself, your school, your area of study and your interest in the program.
Internships are offered through Fitness Trainers, Inc. (FTI), home of the Fighting Back Scholarship Program.
GIVE BACK WITH FIGHTING BACK
Participants Making a Difference, Too.
Fighting Back participants know firsthand what a Community of Support can mean. Through Fighting Forward, Giving Back, scholarship recipients have created their own way to pay that support forward.
Members volunteer, support Fighting Back events, thank donors, recognize caregivers and trainers, raise funds and find other ways to help the next person on their journey.
Scholarship participants can join at any time. →
WHY GET INVOLVED?
Because No One Fights Back Alone.
A volunteer who gives an afternoon. A business that sponsors an event. A donor who helps fund a scholarship. A participant who decides to give back. A friend who simply shows up. Every one of them strengthens the community surrounding the people we serve. And when more people choose to get involved, more people have someone in their corner.