$9,624
Raised of $20,000
So Every BODY Can Move California
Team Profile
2,020.25 total miles
Team participating in 28x28 Mobility Challenge
Takes place Jul 1-28, 2026
Captained by Shane Harvey
So Every BODY Can Move California
We're Californians who believe every BODY deserves to move. Whether that's cycling through the Bay, surfing in San Diego, or taking a walk around the block, movement is physical health, mental health, and quality of life. It's not a luxury. It's woven into who we are as a state, and it should be accessible to everyone. But for too many people in the limb loss and limb difference community, insurers too often deny coverage for the prosthetic and orthotic care that we need to do exactly that, calling it "not medically necessary."
We're changing that! Our coalition of advocates, clinicians, allied healthcare professionals, friends, family and everyday movers across the Golden State is building toward the 2027 California legislative session, where we'll push to clarify insurance coverage for activity-specific prosthetic and orthotic care. California is a big state, and getting advocates to Sacramento to meet with lawmakers takes real resources. Every dollar raised goes directly to that work. If you believe movement is a right, not a privilege, we'd love your support.
Team Members 26
Susan Stenman
Shane Harvey
Andrew May
Lynn Olsen
Dr Phoebe Scott-Wyard
Ethan Hong
1 hr. ago
Thank you to everyone who supported me during the 28x28 challenge! It
really means a lot to me and helps spread awareness about staying
healthy and active. Exercising helped alleviate a lot of my stress,
and most significantly, reminded me of the importance of consistent
physical activity. I thoroughly enjoyed participating in this
challenge, and I hope that it encourages others to stay active as
well!
Susan Stenman
9 hr. ago
Dear friends,
I want to start by simply saying thank you. Each of you, my incredible, generous friends and donors, keeps showing up for this movement, and I don't take that for granted.
You all know how passionate I am about the deficiencies in our health system for people with limb loss and limb difference. This month's 28x28 Challenge brought that passion into even sharper focus for me, in a way I want to share with you.
The first half of the month was full of joy: I danced, stretched, and played pickleball with my patients, and I met with our Assemblymember's office to help educate them on this movement. Then I traveled to Europe and Turkey with my family, and that half of the month gave me a very different perspective.
To pack light, I chose to bring just one pair of walking shoes, a good footbed, something that looked fine with skirts, and sturdy enough for long treks through cities and onto trains. I climbed hills, walked more than 14 miles in a single day palaces, gardens, and city streets, and even danced at a club with my kids, all in those same shoes. But as the trip went on, they got rattier and rattier. I started feeling self-conscious about how worn they looked. Washing them didn't do much. I'd clearly chosen the wrong pair, but I was also stubborn about making one pair of shoes work for an entire trip. I made it all the way to the second-to-last day before finally saying goodbye to them and buying a pair of sandals that would more easily take me to swim in the sea. I wish I'd taken a photo of them before I let them go, but honestly, I was just relieved to be rid of them.
Here's what stayed with me: what if that single, worn-out pair of shoes had been my only prosthesis, the one device I had to rely on for everything I did this month? Many people living with limb loss or limb difference could do everything I did on this trip. But doing so often comes at real cost to their bodies, subjecting their skin to tremendous shear forces. Some of those activities and that kind of travel really call for a different device suited to the task.
So I keep asking: why do we limit people this way, and put them at greater risk of skin damage? Why do we take something that already requires significantly more effort, and let it leave people feeling defeated or scaling back the very activities that keep them moving? We have the technology to do better. Your donations and support are helping us change healthcare laws here in California so we can finally change these outcomes for good.
Thank you, from the bottom of my heart, for standing with me in this work.
With gratitude,
Susan
