October is not only the month of Halloween, but it is also Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
Local gym, Erie Fitness Academy, combined the two at their biggest fundraiser of the year, Dawn of the Deadlift.
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It’s an annual event where gym members are challenged to max out a deadlift, raising money for a local breast cancer nonprofit organization, Linked by Pink.
The organization provides emotional and financial support to women under 45 diagnosed with breast cancer.
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DJ Myers, president & co-owner of Erie Fitness Academy, said, “Each person raises money for Linked by Pink, so the group as a collective just raises money for the fundraiser. We all dress up in costumes, obviously, this isn’t my daily attire. We just have fun with it and max out and see what everyone can do.”…