Start Date
5-11-2010 2:00 PM
End Date
5-11-2010 2:45 PM
Description
Ryan Oelkers
Ryan is the Executive Director of Cadence Cycling Foundation (CCF), which was founded in 2007, with the support of Jay Snider, Cadence Cycling & Multisport owner and former President of the Philadelphia Flyers. CCF is a non-profit organization with a mission to Help Kids Create Opportunities through Cycling. CCF helps Philadelphia youth between the ages of 9 and 18 discover the possibilities that the sport of cycling has to offer and helps develop life skills, goal setting, self-esteem, teamwork and commitment.
The Cadence Cycling Foundation has also developed the Cadence College ConneXion (CCC) to help kids transfer all of the positive traits developed through cycling into a successful college planning, preparation and application process. To develop the CCC program, the Cadence Cycling Foundation initiated a strategic relationship with JEVS Human Services Career Strategies, one of the largest private nonprofit organizations in the Delaware Valley that focuses on education and training, to provide customized programs for our kids, including SAT tutoring, college admissions counseling and financial aid advising.
Working together, the CCF cycling coaches and academic mentors provide resources, guidance, and support to students throughout high school and in the college preparation process. CCF is deeply committed to changing the lives of youth in the Philadelphia region. For more information on the Cadence Cycling Foundation, visit www.cadencefoundation.org.
Kristin Gavin
Kristin Gavin is the director and founder of Gearing Up, a nonprofit bike program whose mission is to provide women in transition from drug and alcohol addiction, domestic violence, and/or homelessness with the guidance, skills, and equipment to safely ride a bicycle for exercise, transportation and personal growth.
Gavin moved to Philadelphia from Seattle three years ago to complete her Master’s of Exercise and Sport Psychology at Temple University. While completing her graduate studies Gavin started a fitness program at Interim House, a residential women’s recovery home in the Mt. Airy 3 neighborhood of Philadelphia. Kristin has extensive knowledge of the psychological impact of exercise, potential barriers to exercise, safe bicycling practices, and experience working with an at-risk population. Gavin also currently works as a research fellow for the Safe Routes to School National Partnership, an organization that advocates for and promotes the practice of safe bicycling and walking to and from schools throughout the United States.
Prior to entering graduate school, Gavin spent four seasons working as a tour guide. Over the course of four years Kristin guided trips throughout the Pacific Northwest and Southwest and completed self-supported bicycle tours across Cuba and Vietnam. Currently, Gavin is a member Team Cystic Fibrosis (www.teamcf.org), an elite women’s cyclocross and mountain bike team.
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Panel: Cycling Intiatives Impacting on Policy and Programs
Ryan Oelkers
Ryan is the Executive Director of Cadence Cycling Foundation (CCF), which was founded in 2007, with the support of Jay Snider, Cadence Cycling & Multisport owner and former President of the Philadelphia Flyers. CCF is a non-profit organization with a mission to Help Kids Create Opportunities through Cycling. CCF helps Philadelphia youth between the ages of 9 and 18 discover the possibilities that the sport of cycling has to offer and helps develop life skills, goal setting, self-esteem, teamwork and commitment.
The Cadence Cycling Foundation has also developed the Cadence College ConneXion (CCC) to help kids transfer all of the positive traits developed through cycling into a successful college planning, preparation and application process. To develop the CCC program, the Cadence Cycling Foundation initiated a strategic relationship with JEVS Human Services Career Strategies, one of the largest private nonprofit organizations in the Delaware Valley that focuses on education and training, to provide customized programs for our kids, including SAT tutoring, college admissions counseling and financial aid advising.
Working together, the CCF cycling coaches and academic mentors provide resources, guidance, and support to students throughout high school and in the college preparation process. CCF is deeply committed to changing the lives of youth in the Philadelphia region. For more information on the Cadence Cycling Foundation, visit www.cadencefoundation.org.
Kristin Gavin
Kristin Gavin is the director and founder of Gearing Up, a nonprofit bike program whose mission is to provide women in transition from drug and alcohol addiction, domestic violence, and/or homelessness with the guidance, skills, and equipment to safely ride a bicycle for exercise, transportation and personal growth.
Gavin moved to Philadelphia from Seattle three years ago to complete her Master’s of Exercise and Sport Psychology at Temple University. While completing her graduate studies Gavin started a fitness program at Interim House, a residential women’s recovery home in the Mt. Airy 3 neighborhood of Philadelphia. Kristin has extensive knowledge of the psychological impact of exercise, potential barriers to exercise, safe bicycling practices, and experience working with an at-risk population. Gavin also currently works as a research fellow for the Safe Routes to School National Partnership, an organization that advocates for and promotes the practice of safe bicycling and walking to and from schools throughout the United States.
Prior to entering graduate school, Gavin spent four seasons working as a tour guide. Over the course of four years Kristin guided trips throughout the Pacific Northwest and Southwest and completed self-supported bicycle tours across Cuba and Vietnam. Currently, Gavin is a member Team Cystic Fibrosis (www.teamcf.org), an elite women’s cyclocross and mountain bike team.
