By Lindsey Konkel
When Nancy Ferro’s oldest son, Michael, was diagnosed with stage I testicular cancer at age 23 in 2007, she learned firsthand that cancer can take an emotional as well as a physical toll. In the aftermath of his treatment, Michael, now 32, attended an outdoor adventure camp for young adults with cancer.
"It was a turning-point experience,” Ferro remembers. “Camp, in a nutshell, instilledin him that it was OK to live.” Ferro, who has a background in fundraising, event planning and volunteer coordination, wanted to give adult cancer survivors of all ages the same opportunity that Michael had to embrace life in the outdoors and be with a community of fellow survivors. She founded Epic Experience in 2012 to achieve that goal.
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