A Lee's Summit fitness community transformed their annual Thanksgiving charity workout into a heartwarming show of support for one of their own battling cancer.

Andrea McClain from Independence started working out at PickupUSA Fitness in Lee's Summit in May 2024. In May 2025, she was diagnosed with breast cancer and had to refocus her health goals.

After a double mastectomy and reconstructive surgery, McClain is in recovery and going through hormone therapy. Cancer is expensive and her journey isn't over, so McClain coach Kri Chay decided to change up their annual Thanksgiving charity workout to instead benefit Andrea and her family this year. Gym-goers donated to McClain via Venmo and cash.

"It was very evident that during my treatments, the workouts and the strength that I had built b

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