It was a chilly Sunday morning but that didn’t stop the fun! Over 600 bright eyed runners and walkers came out for our 7th annual Alive to Strive Race and completed the Fresenius Medical Care 5km, 10km and 5km team…

Our next Alive to Strive Race is this Sunday, April 30, 2017. Keep reading for quick access to race day details, including the day’s schedule, course maps, parking information and how to register in-person (if you missed our April 26…

By Marie-Eve Chainey, President of Alive to Strive: I remember sitting down in the Chapters on Rideau St. during the summer of 2010, with five or six open dictionaries and thesaurus lying on the table, trying to find a name…

Whoa, whoa, hold up! What does beer have to do with Alive to Strive?! Seems an unusual connection until you consider that Ottawa has a pretty special community of micro-brewers. This year, several of Ottawa’s finest micro-breweries are contributing in…

In 2011, rising-athlete Marie-Eve left home to study in Spain. Soon after settling into school, Marie-Eve began to feel ill. After four months of dizziness, unexplainable weight gain and severe headaches, Marie-Eve was diagnosed with a rare form of kidney…

If you’re on dialysis, seemingly simple things like a family vacation get a lot more complicated. That’s why Lions Camp Dorset is a very special place. With a history dating back to 1972, Camp Dorset is a collection of cottages…

2011, 212, 48 and 12,000. Those are the numbers I want you to remember. First, 2011. That was the year Alive to Strive – Kidney Fitness Project was founded — the vision of our founder, Marie-Eve Chainey (if you haven’t’…