Cadence Youth Cycling 2015 Annual Report

Cadence Youth Cycling

2015 Annual Report Pedaling Beyond Expectations Program Manager: Cy Maramangalam Director of Education: Megan Rosenbach Acting Executive Director: Sarah Clark Stuart

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2015 By The Numbers ●

100 youth in our Core Program

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44 All-Stars, with 25 new youth this year

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24 Events

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200+ hours of community service

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24 hours of watershed education lessons

2015 Highlights Structure In 2015, we saw an opportunity to provide a stronger youth voice to programming, and a need to elevate *Youth Advisory Committee

youth with more leadership development. So we created a leadership ladder to define for youth

*Leadership Squad

how they can grow as leaders through the program.

Growth

All-Star Programs

“Growth” has two meanings

for Cadence Youth

Cycling, and this year was big for both. From a programmatic perspective, we’ve expanded with two new teams.

Cadence Youth Cycling Core Spring Programs

This brought us to eight

operating sites in the Spring season.

*denotes new in 2015

We also see growth as the growth of each individual. We’ve found that the real magic of our program is in the All-Star program because an All-Star is engaged 3 times longer than a spring athlete, and retention is much higher once a youth become an All-Star. This year, we focused on setting more students up for success in the spring season by helping them become an All-Star, and providing more depth toward All-Star programming.

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Core Cycling Program

In 2015, Cadence Youth Cycling engaged 100 youth through 8 cycling teams. These student athletes participated in 4 cycling events, including the Philadelphia International Cycling Classic Amateur Ride. Cadence Youth Cycling started 2 new teams at Freire Charter School and Strawberry Mansion High School.

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Benjamin Franklin High School

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*Freire Charter School

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KIPP Dubois Collegiate Academy

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Mastery Charter School - Pickett

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Mastery Charter School - Shoemaker

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Neighborhood Bike Works

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School of the Future

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*Strawberry Mansion High School * Denotes new site in 2015

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All-Star Team

25

new

youth joined the All-Star Leadership Team, making a total of 44

All-Stars.

The Cadence Youth Cycling All-Stars contributed to more than 200 hours of community service throughout Philadelphiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bicycling community including Pump Track maintenance, teaching young children to ride a bicycle.

Watershed Education

We gained an exciting partnership with Rails-to-Trails this summer. With that came along an opportunity to bring our All-Stars some wonderful lessons in keeping our local watershed clean from our trusted Railsto-Trails Educator Tom McKeon. Watershed

education

lessons

became a fun component of All-Star practices, Circuit Team Practices, and our Leadership Squad. More than

24

hours

of

watershed

education have been included in our programming this season!

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Special Teams All-Star athletes had the opportunity to participate in four special teams during Summer 2015:

*Race Team

Triathlon Team

15 youth competed in 6 USA Cycling events and 1 day to try track racing at the Lehigh Valley Preferred Cycling Center!

18 youth completed 4 USAT Triathalons in Philadelphia, Atlantic City, and Wildwood, NJ!

*Touring Team

*MS150 Team

14 youth embarked on their first 3 day bike tour from Philadelphia to French Creek State Park!

11 youth achieved their goal in raising more than $3900 for Multiple Sclerosis! * denotes new in 2015

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Youth Advisory Committee

Cadence Youth Cycling established a Youth Advisory Committee - the first opportunity for our youth to have a louder voice behind the scenes and formally give advice on programming. The Youth Advisory Committee became a driving force in enriching the program further, empowering youth to take shared ownership. Members traveled to Seattle, Washington to attend the Youth Bike Summit and to Washington, DC to attend the National Bike Summit Lobby Day. These youth met monthly and created and led 4 project teams: Tour Team, Fun Team, Social Media Team, and Community Engagement Team.

Cadence Youth Cycling Leadership Squad (CYC.Le Squad)

Through this 6-week leadership development program , 13 youth gained leadership development skills, college and career readiness, real-world career mentors, a better understanding of issues in bicycle infrastructure and watersheds.

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Featured Youth-led Projects Comm unity Bike-In Movie

Video Productions & Social Media

The fun team organized a “Bike-In Movie” for the PHL bicycling community

The social media team wrote blogs on the Bicycle Coalition website, giving youth voice on a variety of topics. They also prepared the storyboard of a new youth video.

Youth Voice

CYC’s first Bike Tour

CYC.Le Squad make their voice heard to Mayor Nutter and City Council by explaining what young bicyclists need to improve Philadelphia

The Tour team determined the bike tour route, helped with logistics, and taught 3 watershed education lessons

Presentation Day

Each project team within CYC.Le Squad presented to the All-Stars, parents, staff, board, and supporters about their projects, what they’ve learned, and what they hope to do beyond high school.

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Partners

Special Thanks

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