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Four Bicycling Program AmeriCorps Internships available for 2013-14

Monday, June 3rd, 2013 by

If you’re between 18 and 25 years of age and you’re looking for a great way to gain valuable experience while working to get more kids and adults onto bikes, we have a great opportunity for you. Cascade will be hiring four AmeriCorps Members (interns) to start October 1, 2013.

The four positions, Community/Ambassador Program Assistant, Youth Program Assistant, Major Taylor Outreach Assistant and Commute Assistant, work closely with the Education and Policy, Planning & Government Affairs departments to help run youth, adult and community programs. Kids’ programs, such as camps, Major Taylor Clubs for disadvantaged youth, school-based programs and events, focus on skill-building, safety, education and fun. Adult programs include commuting, skills classes, helmet sales, Bike to Work Month and Bicycle Ambassadors.

Policy/planning work will include helping expand Cascade’s influence by promoting healthy and active transportation, assisting with bike-friendly business certification system, implementing policies and plans in region and working on state bicycle counts.

The AmeriCorps member(s) will help manage youth and adult programming, bike maintenance for our school bikes and provide opportunities for community members to build their love of bicycling and become better cyclists.

Positions run from October 1, 2013 through August 15, 2014. Members receive a stipend, health benefits and education award through the state AmeriCorps program.

For full position descriptions, see www.cascade.org/jobs.

 

 

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Can Bike Seattle seeks volunteers

Friday, June 24th, 2011 by

Imagine the impact that learning to ride a bike could have for a kid with disabilities and his or her family. An exciting new camp for kids with special needs is coming to Seattle this summer.

Can Bike Seattle is the local affiliate of national program called Lose The Training Wheels, which provides summer biking camps for kids with disabilities. Watch a video about the Lose the Training Wheels affiliate in Atlanta, or read an article about impact that the program has had on kids in Portland. Across the country, the camps are making a difference.

This camp is coming to Seattle for the first time and will take place at Magnuson Park for one week: August 1-5, 2011, at Hangar 30.

In order to make this camp happen, Can Bike Seattle needs many volunteers. Please consider spending a few hours each day during camp week helping children learn to ride a bike – a life-changing experience for them, and immensely rewarding for you, too.

Each camper will come for one 75-minute session per day for five days. There will be eight campers in each session, and five sessions in a single day. The campers develop relationships with the volunteers assisting them, so it is important to have consistency from day to day. Please consider signing up to volunteer for at least one session during the week, or as many sessions as fit your schedule.

CanBike Seattle is a partnership of Northwest Special Families and The Down Syndrome Community. Northwest Special Families is a program of the Center For Human Services.

For additional information and to sign up to volunteer, please visit www.CanBikeSeattle.com.

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Help more kids in Snohomish get access to bike education

Friday, May 6th, 2011 by

The Cascade Bicycle Club Education Foundation has recently expanded our Group Health Basics of Bicycling safety and skills program for elementary school students to the Edmonds School District.  This is a three-week on-bike safety and skills curriculum for third to fifth grade students. Cascade trains and assists teachers, maintains and delivers bikes, and administers the program. We are currently searching for more funding to help continue and expand this program.

The South Snohomish County Commission for Health, more commonly known as Commission for Health (CFH), is dedicated to improving the health and well-being in the county.  They are reassessing their funding priorities, and will be making some decisions soon about what kinds of activities to fund, activities such as  bicycle safety education.

If you live or work in South Snohomish County, please take a moment to fill out this survey.  Bicycling safety education for kids is not typically funded in schools. Children should have bicycle safety and skills education in school or in afterschool program to help them learn healthy habits that will last them a lifetime. Please let the Commission for Health know your feelings about physical activity programs and education for children.

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Mountlake Terrace bike lane, city seeking your input

Tuesday, January 11th, 2011 by

The city of Mountlake Terrace has recently completed a new bike lane on 236th St. SW from 54th Ave W to Cedar Way.  Cascade members originally advocated for this lane at a city council meeting last year.  Please let the city council and city manager know if you have been using them and how they have worked out for you.  Here is the online contact info.

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Cascade Hiring Ambassadors

Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010 by
The awesome 2009 Bicycle Ambassador crew.

The awesome 2009 Bicycle Ambassador crew.

You still have time to get in your application to be a Bicycle Ambassador. Applications are being accepted until Friday, Feb 12.

Join us for these fun Bicycle Ambassador outreach positions to increase public awareness of bicycling programs and bicycle safety issues. Special emphasis will be on Southeast and Central West neighborhoods this summer, as part of the city of Seattle’s Bike Smart program.

Here is the full Bicycle Ambassador job description.

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