By Juan Julian Pena Gonzalez "JJ" | Project Leader
E.R.I.C. Employs ultimate frisbee clinics and spirit of the game to teach youth about cancer symptoms and the importance of an active lifestyle.
Together, let's huck; cancer!
PROVIDING SPORTS OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL YOUTH.
What Is Our Community Impact/Involvement
The E.R.I.C. Speak Up campaign and clinics will continue to be one of the organization’s tools to help achieve its advocacy. Since its founding, E.R.I.C. has reached more than 200,000 youth in the U.S. and around the world, a testament to the success of the Speak Up campaign.
In Colombia since 2017, there have been 159 clinical E.R.I.C. Speak Up Tour benefiting 4,875 children and youth.
In Venezuela, the Gira Habla Claro the version of E.R.I.C. Speak Up in Spanish has been implemented since 2017, serving a student population of 12,590 beneficiaries ranging from 9 to 17 years old, for which it was necessary to apply 285 free sports educational clinics.
Earned value.
The experience of 7 years of global campaign has allowed us to create a sustainability system in the operation of free sports education clinics that goes from the creation of the educational curriculum to now the cancer symptom and motivate an active lifestyle of healthy habits, the consolidation of the network among the school community and the community of Ultimate Frisbee until the dissemination of the E.R.I.C. message and Frisbee Culture using the social media platform as the main means of promotion, determining a value earned for each student benefited of $ 5.
Sustainability Strategy
In the case of Venezuela, the need to implement an Ultimate School Program has been created; the experience has allowed us to develop the following approach:
• Train Teachers PE, Sports trainers and Ultimate players in the training of Ultimate Coach in order to generate new opportunities in teaching aimed at sports initiation.
• Donate Disks (Frisbee) to the beneficiary schools to articulate the development of Ultimate School Program as an educational tool for spreading the Frisbee Culture and the E.R.I.C message.
• Creating a championship interscholastic Ultimate Speak Up to motivate students to improve, creating opportunities for sports development.
• Engage educational institutions benefited in the dissemination of the Frisbee Culture and the E.R.I.C. message in their community, motivating students to know how to active lifestyle of healthy living habits is the key to beating cancer.
ACHIEVEMENTS.
Training of PE Teacher in sports initiation as Ultimate Coach.
Validation of the teaching method of Frisbee Culture and the ERIC message in 250 students of 1st year of CODAZZI high school in Venezuela, generating a memeorable experience in the student community,they learned how an active lifestyle and good habits are the key in cancer prevention education.
Preventing Cancer.
Did you know? Staying active and lean through exercise, eating a healthy diet and advocating for your body can help reduce the risk of cancer! Source: www.cancer.gov
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