"Lose the Training Wheels" Gives Atlanta Kids with Special Needs Opportunity to Soar
Atlanta, GA, April 24, 2009 --(PR.com)-- The Fischer Foundation, in cooperation with Roswell Recreation, Parks, Historic & Cultural Affairs Dept. will host a Lose the Training Wheels Bike Camp for the first time in the Atlanta area to help children with special needs learn to ride a two-wheel bike independently.
The Lose the Training Wheels camp will be held at the Hembree Park Recreation Center from July 6 to July 10 to benefit about 40 children with special needs. Camp organizers are currently soliciting sponsors and volunteers to make the program available to participants at a cost of $200 each.
The Lose the Training Wheels program uses adaptive bikes and methods to teach children with special needs how to ride a conventional bicycle. Dr. Richard E. Klein, a retired professor of mechanical engineering from the University of Illinois, developed the program through his research. The methods and equipment used by the program have helped over 86% of the children ‘lose the training wheels’ in just five days. The goal of the program is to provide children with special needs a lifetime of independent, low-cost transportation and the opportunity to be included among their friends right now.
Stephanie Meredith, the mother of Andy, a soon-to-be-10-year-old with Down syndrome, says, "Andy is so fearless when he's riding with his friends in the neighborhood, but he's starting to get too big for his bike with training wheels. The training wheels keep breaking. To be able to keep up with all the other boys, he needs to be able to ride a bike on his own. And, even more important, we want him to ride a bike as he grows older so he can get around and go to a job independently."
For additional information on the Lose the Training Wheels program, visit
www.losethetrainingwheels.org. For camp, sponsorship and volunteer information, contact Joy Prettyman at bikecampatlanta@gmail.com or 404-731-2413/770- 623-3822.
About the Fischer Foundation, Inc.
The Fischer Foundation, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) non-profit, publicly supported organization established to develop support services for children with special needs within existing community services and programs. The Fischer Foundation, Inc. strives to create welcoming and meaningful environments for the provision of therapeutic services for people with special needs and their families. These environments encourage the full and inclusionary participation of people with special needs during leisure skill instruction, both public and private, within our community. Through the collaboration of health care providers, leisure skill instructors, and related individuals, we shall provide therapeutic facilitation and reasonable accommodations within our community facilities so that people with special needs can lead more full, meaningful, productive, creative, and independent lives. For more information, call (404) 876-8085.
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The Lose the Training Wheels camp will be held at the Hembree Park Recreation Center from July 6 to July 10 to benefit about 40 children with special needs. Camp organizers are currently soliciting sponsors and volunteers to make the program available to participants at a cost of $200 each.
The Lose the Training Wheels program uses adaptive bikes and methods to teach children with special needs how to ride a conventional bicycle. Dr. Richard E. Klein, a retired professor of mechanical engineering from the University of Illinois, developed the program through his research. The methods and equipment used by the program have helped over 86% of the children ‘lose the training wheels’ in just five days. The goal of the program is to provide children with special needs a lifetime of independent, low-cost transportation and the opportunity to be included among their friends right now.
Stephanie Meredith, the mother of Andy, a soon-to-be-10-year-old with Down syndrome, says, "Andy is so fearless when he's riding with his friends in the neighborhood, but he's starting to get too big for his bike with training wheels. The training wheels keep breaking. To be able to keep up with all the other boys, he needs to be able to ride a bike on his own. And, even more important, we want him to ride a bike as he grows older so he can get around and go to a job independently."
For additional information on the Lose the Training Wheels program, visit
www.losethetrainingwheels.org. For camp, sponsorship and volunteer information, contact Joy Prettyman at bikecampatlanta@gmail.com or 404-731-2413/770- 623-3822.
About the Fischer Foundation, Inc.
The Fischer Foundation, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) non-profit, publicly supported organization established to develop support services for children with special needs within existing community services and programs. The Fischer Foundation, Inc. strives to create welcoming and meaningful environments for the provision of therapeutic services for people with special needs and their families. These environments encourage the full and inclusionary participation of people with special needs during leisure skill instruction, both public and private, within our community. Through the collaboration of health care providers, leisure skill instructors, and related individuals, we shall provide therapeutic facilitation and reasonable accommodations within our community facilities so that people with special needs can lead more full, meaningful, productive, creative, and independent lives. For more information, call (404) 876-8085.
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Joy Prettyman
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www.losethetrainingwheels.org
Joy Prettyman
770-623-3822
www.losethetrainingwheels.org
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