iCan Shine is an international charitable nonprofit organization.  They collaborate with local organizations and individuals, referred to as program “hosts”, to conduct over 100 five-day “iCan” programs in 35 states and Canada, serving nearly 3,000 people with disabilities each year.  iBike@QV is an iCanShine program host, organized by Jason Harrison and Lauren McGuirk, to bring the iCan Bike program to the Pittsburgh area.  By teaching children with disabilities to ride, opportunities open up for their entire families.  Jason is a Life Skills Special Education Teacher and Lauren is an Assistant Principal in the Quaker Valley School District.  The iCan Bike camps are held at Quaker Valley Middle School in Sewickley, PA.  For information on iBike@QV sponsors, and donation/sponsorship/volunteer opportunities, go to https://icanshine.org/ican-bike-sewickley-pa/

Show Notes:
 iBike@QV, Lauren McGuirk and Jason Harrison, – contact info:

E-mail: [email protected]

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ibikeqv/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iBikeQV-1640385929547631/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/iBikeQV

Links mentioned in the Podcast:

iCan Shine, 501(c)(3) corporation

https://icanshine.org

Quaker Valley School District

https://www.qvsd.org

SweetWater Bicycle Shop, Ambridge, PA

http://www.sweetwaterbikes.com

Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, North Rim Information

https://www.nps.gov/grca/planyourvisit/north-rim.htm

Camelback Mountain, Phoenix, AZ

https://www.phoenix.gov/parks/trails/locations/camelback-mountain

Down Syndrome Association of Pittsburgh

https://dsapgh.org

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Attribution for Intro/Exit Podcast Music:
Marathon Man by Jason Shaw from the album Audionautix: Acoustic, licensed under an Attribution 3.0 United States License. Available at www.FreeMusicArchive.org

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