Ride Like a Thriver
Chuck rode from San Diego to St. Augustine, with Hannah supporting the journey, to share the message that people can keep living through hard things.
About Get Up & Live
Hope shared by people who have been there.
Living Hope Cancer Foundation provides free, ongoing support and practical encouragement for patients, caregivers, and families after a cancer diagnosis.
Our beginning
Experience became a place for other people to find hope.
Get Up & Live grew from Chuck and Hannah Keels’ own experiences with stage 4 cancer. They understood the fear, physical changes, difficult choices, and isolation that can follow a diagnosis.
They formed Living Hope Cancer Foundation to walk beside other patients and caregivers with the practical knowledge, personal encouragement, and faith that helped them keep moving forward.
Today, the foundation continues that work through free support, videos, books, community conversations, and resources created by people who have lived the journey themselves.
Meet Chuck
A survivor’s experience became a mission.
Chuck Keels experienced complete healing from stage 4 cancer in 2015 after being given only three months to live, with cancer affecting 90 percent of his bones. That extraordinary recovery changed the direction of his life.
Chuck now walks beside people affected by cancer with joy, encouragement, and understanding. His coaching comes from having faced the fear, decisions, treatments, and uncertainty himself.
In 2022, Chuck rode a road bicycle from San Diego to St. Augustine to raise awareness for Living Hope Cancer Foundation and inspire people everywhere to get up and live.
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Chuck Keels · Founder and cancer coach
Hannah Keels · Co-founder, nurse, author, and coachMeet Hannah
A life of courage, advocacy, and faith.
Hannah lived through a seven-and-a-half-year cancer journey that included integrative treatment, radiation, major surgeries, fractures, rehabilitation, and repeated moments of learning to move forward again.
As a nurse, patient, mother, author, and coach, she used what she learned to help others advocate for themselves. She created the free “What to Expect With a Mastectomy” video series and shared practical lessons with people affected by cancer.
Hannah and Chuck co-wrote Get Up and Live, completed the Ride Like a Thriver journey together, and built a community centered on love and faith. Hannah passed away in November 2022 from treatment complications. Her courage and care continue to shape the foundation.
“Every day is an adventure and a gift from God.”
Walk beside people
Offer support from a place of understanding and shared experience.
Lead with love and faith
See every person, share hope, and help people experience God’s love.
Help people move forward
Provide a practical next step when the road feels uncertain.
The journey continues
Turning hard-won experience into help for others.
Every part of Get Up & Live was shaped by a real need Chuck and Hannah encountered during cancer: clear guidance, honest conversation, spiritual encouragement, and someone willing to stay beside you.
Books and practical resources
Their experiences became books, a Cancer Roadmap, mastectomy guidance, and faith-centered resources for patients and caregivers.
Free personal support
The foundation continues to offer encouragement, coaching, community, and useful next steps without leaving families to face cancer alone.
Our faith
Hope rooted in relationship, love, and the promises of God.
Faith is central to the story and service of Living Hope Cancer Foundation. We welcome every person with compassion and respect.
We believe in Jesus as the way to God and in the Bible as God’s Word, where we find life and truth.
We believe God created people for relationship with Him and that He loves to speak hope into our lives.
We believe the Holy Spirit reminds and empowers believers to live an abundant life.
We believe every person is created and loved by God, and we are called to love one another.
We believe our role is to help others know and experience the love of Jesus.
We believe heaven is real and is part of the promise for those who trust Jesus.
You do not have to do this alone
Start with a conversation.
Whether you are a patient, caregiver, survivor, or family member, Get Up & Live is here to listen and help you find the next step.