FYI: Tomorrow's National Bike to Work Day

"A huge part of successful recovery and reintegration for women in [Gearing Up] is having the opportunity to connect with healthy people, places and things."

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FYI: Tomorrow's National Bike to Work Day

POSTED: Thursday, May 17, 2012, 12:00 PM

Filed Under: Events | Just Do It

Ever wonder what Mayor Nutter looks like riding a bike? This Friday, the mayor will celebrate National Bike to Work Day with staff, clients and volunteers from Gearing Up — an organization that promotes biking and bike education for women in recovery. Three years ago, Gearing Up founder Kristin Gavin began riding bikes with women at Interim House, a residential recovery home for women in Mt. Airy. Since that initial ride, the program has helped hundreds of women through earn-a-bike classes and group rides. Reintegrating into society requires a lot of the same skills it takes to ride a bike: confidence, self-sufficiency and an ease with public space. As Gavin says, “A huge part of successful recovery and reintegration for women in our program is having the opportunity to connect with healthy people, places and things ... such as pedaling side by side with the Mayor of Philadelphia”. In honor of the program's third anniversary, join Nutter and the gang tomorrow at 7:30 a.m., cycling from Lloyd Hall to the Municipal Services Building.

(nina@citypaper.net)

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