Hand Cycling continues to add new participants and equipment, Saturday, November 14th!

What a beautiful morning for a nice ride through a beautiful park. Ava brought her kitty cat for a nice ride on her exotic bike. We have added three new hand cycles to the program this month and are purchasing two more high level bikes to keep up with the ever growing demand. This program is for all levels of physical disabilities including but not limited to high level quadriplegics. Starting Saturday, December 5^th the program time changes from 9-12 to our new time 12-3 pm. Please contact Ty Johnson for more information or to participate, bear-tech@msn.com.

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Hand Cycling Continues to Roll for the Month of October.

Kathi Eteaki was our newest rider Saturday. She came to the EOSB V and tried the hand cycles and got hooked. She rode for about an hour and even got to enjoy being part of the Ghandi Peace Walk which was being held at the same time.

We ride every Saturday from 9am until NOON at Campions Trail in Irving. Anyone interested in hand cycling should make reservations and come on out for a good time.

Contact me at bear-tech@msn.com or 817.637.4518.
Ty “Bear” Johnson.

RISE End of Summer Bash V Smashes Attendance Record!

This year’s attendance more than doubled last years with 918 total persons in attendance; Disabilities 237, Family Members 344, Volunteers  220, and Vendors/Sponsors 117.  Thanks to everyone that attended and supported this year’s event. We would like to ask everyone to send us your stories, pictures, and comments about the event. We are also open to any constructive criticism to make improvements. Send pictures to slarimore@riseadventures.org.  Comments can be made online click here. To view the pictures already posted click here.

Hand Cycling is Still Going Strong in the Heat

I would first like to thank all of the participants and volunteers who showed up to ride and help during the month of June after all there wouldn’t be a program without them.  Even though we lost one of our weekly rides on the 14^th due to problems with the weather it was, I believe, another successful month.  This is best shown by the five first time riders who I hope will now have new special stories that they can share with their family and friends as well as a greater understanding of what they are able to accomplish when offered an opportunity.  Some of the pictures here are of Scott a C-7 and one of our regular riders demonstrating his transfer technique which has improved along with his self esteem and self confidence.  It is during these times that I am provided with the greatest gift from the Hand Cycle Program.

Thank you,  Steve

Handcycling Sunday April 19th

Sorry guys for taking so long to get my Handcycling Blog entry for the ride on Sunday April 19th. The best thing about Sunday was having four new riders joining the Program. First of all Denise may be only a first grader but she was riding a big bike with her new biking helment that was given to all the kids at the Rotary Club sponsored Bike Rodeo the day before up at Scottish Rite Hospital where I was representing RISE at the event. Denise was having so much fun riding that I told her mother Oralia about the weekly bike rides at Campion Trails in Irving. They showed up right when the program started they both got some good exercise Denise riding the bike and her mother having to run sometimes to keep up. I think she had some great fun and they said to expect them back next week on the 26th.

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RISE Golf/Hand Cycle Picnic Recap

Saturday afternoon, April 11th was the third attempt to hold this event due to bad weather. The day started off cold and cloudy but the afternoon turned out nice. Attendance was down to what folks thought was going to be a bad weather day again but those in attendance had a great time. This was the last activity for Gary Pickle/RISE Golf Director at Campion Trails. The program now moves to the North Texas Golf Center.

Steve Carlson/RISE Handcycle Director had fun with a family driving up from Austin to attend all RISE events over the weekend. Others in attendance rode through this awesome park as this program continues at the same location every weekend. The RISE Children’s Camp opens May 15th and RISE had the new Freedom Tents on site to test. A large group gathered as Mike Peters and Steve Carlson, both paraplegics, attempted to set the tent up specially designed for wheelchairs. “Guys don’t read instructions” is not a myth. After a few attempts they were joined by Jonathan Merchant, a quadriplegic, and finally a paraplegic mother and all went well.

Joel “Peanut” Hendrix cooked burgers and dogs and the grill was the place to be to keep warm.

RISE Handcycling Program News

We had another fine day of handcycling this afternoon. Michelle of course was there and I say of course because before the month was a week old I had an e-mail from her signing up for all the dates available this month. There also were a couple of first-timers Moise and Bill, it is special to see new riders learn that sometimes it’s fun to get “CRANKY”

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Huge Success! TEAM RISE Sled Hockey Party

The TEAM RISE Sled Hockey Introductory Party held Saturday, February 7th was a huge success with a total attendance of 62 folks. I found out early Friday morning that there was a schedule conflict with our ice time that we get for free. The center had accidentally double booked the ice.

TEAM RISE went into action with an alternate plan to make sure that everyone had a great time. We quickly developed a new plan in their parking lot as an outdoor event. We set up a tent and prepared lots of food and drinks. We set up three outdoor programs to introduce our participants to other RISE Programs. Rugby was a big hit as well as well as Handcycling and Golf.

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RISE featured in Keeping Up with KC Jones

Take a look below!  RISE was recently featured in the latest Keeping Up episode with KC Jones.  KC was kind enough to come visit us at Campion Trails in Irving a few weeks back at one of our handcycling programs.  She and her crew were able to film some really great footage of RISE members Eric, Spencer, Dave and Mike riding on various bikes.  It was a beautiful day out and we’re so very thankful for this opportunity to have quality video footage for our site and organization.  Thank you KC and crew!  Check it out!

Intro to RISE featured in “Keeping Up with KC Jones” on YouTube

Part 2 of RISE in “Keeping Up with KC Jones” on YouTube