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>>VIC MICOLUCCI: ASHLEY THANK
YOU SO THIS SUMMER YOU CAN MAKE
A DIFFERENCE AND HAVE A WHOLE
LOT OF FUN DOING IT
HELPING CHILDREN WITH
DEVELOPMENTAL DIFFERENCES LEARN
HOW TO RIDE
A BIKE. JAGUARS KICKER JOSH
LAMBO IS BEHIND THE PUSH CALLED
I CAN RIDE.
HE JOINS US THIS MORNING WITH
KAREN AND CALEB PRUITT MY BODY
RIGHT HERE.
THEY ARE THE NORTH FLORIDA
SCHOOL FOR
SPECIAL EDUCATION AND I KNOW
THAT YOU ARE EXCITED BECAUSE
YOU’RE A SUPER ATHLETE CALEB
RIGHT WELL THAT YEAH,
YEAH, MOM KAREN I MEAN TELL ME
I I’VE SEEN HIS JOURNEY OVER
WHAT THE PAST 5, 6 YEARS SINCE
I WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO
MEET HIM. NOW HE’S ABOUT TO
SHIP OFF TO BEING A TRYOUT THE
LAWN.
>> AND REALLY IT STARTS GOT
STARTED WITH THE BIKE CAMP
WE’RE SO THANKFUL TO JOSHAN FOR
SPONSORING THIS YEAR’S CAMP AND
ON CAN’T BE.
PROUD ENOUGH TO HAVE KIND
OF THE CAMP TO OUR SCHOOL AT
NORTH FLORIDA.
>> SO WE’RE EXCITED TO SEE WHAT
WE NEED VOLUNTEERS YEAH REALLY
KICK STARTING A WHOLE LOT OF
FUN TOO SO JOSH.
PLATFORM AT THE JAGUARS REALLY
HELPS YOU GIVE BACK TO THE
COMMUNITY AND YOU’VE DONE AN
AMAZING JOB DOING THAT WHY DID
YOU CHOOSE THIS AND IT CAME
FROM YOUR NOMINATION FOR THE WALTER PAYTON MAN OF THE YEAR, YEAH WELL I’VE BEEN FORTUNATE
ENOUGH TO WORK WITH THE SCHOOL
FOR A COUPLE YEARS NOW.
ONCE YOU GO THERE YOU DON’T
EVER REALLY WANT TO LEAVE A
SPECIAL
WEATHER HERE TEACHER VOLUNTEER
LOT OF STUDENTS ABSOLUTELY JUST
ADORE GOING TO SCHOOL THERE AND
ANY OPPORTUNITY I GET TO HANG
OUT THE KIDDO’S AND
YEAH THEY THEY BRIGHTEN MY DAY
I THINK A LOT MORE THAN THAT
IDEA THERE’S OF WAS FORTUNATE
ENOUGH TO GET THE NOMINATION
FOR THE WALTER PAYTON MAN OF
THE YEAR WITH THE JAGUARS LAST
YEAR. AND THANKFULLY WITH THE
NFL’S ADDITIONAL DONATION.
WE ARE ABLE TO BRING THE
PROGRAM TO
THE SCHOOL.
>>VIC MICOLUCCI: SO YOU’RE ABLE
TO SPONSOR THIS AND TELL ME HOW
IT’S GOING TO
WORK BECAUSE KAREN YOU’RE ALSO
NOT ONLY A PARENT, BUT YOU’RE
ON THE BOARD SO YOU’RE VERY
INSTRUMENTAL IN BRINGING THESE
PROGRAMS TO NORTH FLORIDA
SCHOOL SPECIAL EDUCATION, SO WE
JUST SAW THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY
TO
ONCE AGAIN.
>>LENA PRINGLE: HELP OUR BE THE
BEST THAT THEY CAN BE AT
SALLY’S A
FAVORITE SAYING AND REALLY WHAT
THIS CAMP DOES IS IT REALLY
KIND OF WATCHES IT TEACHES YOU
HOW TO RIDE A BIKE, BUT THERE’S
SO MUCH MORE TO IT WORKS AND
SELF ESTEEM.
JUST ALL THOSE THINGS THAT COME
WITH BEING PROUD SO
PROUD OF YOURSELF OR COM
PUSHING SOMETHING SO AMAZING IS
RIDING A BIKE.
WE’RE STILL LEARNING AND IT’S
BEEN A YEAR, BUT IT’S BEEN AN
AMAZING JOURNEY. SO.
>> AND YOU’RE EXCITED BECAUSE
YOU BIKE. YOU SWIM, YOU RUN, I
MEAN HE’S REALLY FLOURISHING.
>> YEAH, I LIKE TO SET IT GOT
STARTED WITH THE BIKE CAMP AND
NOW WE
CHRIS NIKIC WHO WAS THE FIRST
PERSON WITH DOWN SYNDROME TO DO
AN IRON MAN YEAH, HE’S AN
INSPIRATION KIND OF LET US DOWN
THIS JOURNEY TRIATHLON BUT YOU
KNOW WHAT YOU DO THE BIKE CAMP
AND POTENTIAL IS THERE FOR
PRETTY
MUCH ANYTHING.
>>VIC MICOLUCCI: ALL RIGHT
JOSH. NOW IS THE CALL TO ACTION
HOW CAN PEOPLE I KNOW THAT I’M
GOING TO DO IT HOW CAN PEOPLE
JOIN YOU. AND CALEB IN THE CREW
HERE AT ALL WE NEED SOME
VOLUNTEERS SO WE NEED ABOUT 50
VOLUNTEERS A DAY TO COMMIT FOR
75 MINUTES OF ACTIVITY WORKING
WITH THE KIDS.
RUNNING ALONGSIDE OF MAKING
SURE EVERYONE’S AND HAPPY AND
SAFE AND. THE BIGGEST THING IS
SO ALLOWING THESE KIDS LIKE
CALEB TO DO SOMETHING AND
THAT’S GOING TO LEAD TO MORE
AND
MORE THINGS. SO WE JUST WE NEED
PEOPLE TO STEP UP AND VOLUNTEER
TO ALLOW. THE LIKE YOU SAID REALLY FLOURISH AND LOOK YOU CAN DO THESE FANCY VACATIONS
OVER THE SUMMER YOU CAN DO.
GET A NICE CAR YOU CAN DO ALL
THESE DIFFERENT THINGS BUT I
DON’T THINK THERE’S ANYTHING
THAT’S GOING TO BRING YOU MORE
JOY AND MORE HAPPINESS AND MORE SATISFACTION THEN BEEN WORKING HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY
WITH SOME AMAZING YOUNG MEN AND
WOMEN WHO JUST LITERALLY LIGHT
UP THE WORLD LIKE OUR BODY
>> YEAH OF COURSE AND LIKE YOU
ALLUDED TO THEN YOU GET THE YOU
INVESTED IN THESE KIDS LIVES,
THEN YOU GET TO SEE THEM GROW
TO GET TO SEE THEM
FLOURISH AN THAT’S MORE
REWARDING THAN ANY VACATION I
KNOW THAT YOU’RE HOOKED ON THE
SCHOOL, I’M HOOKED AS WELL
KAREN CALEB THANK YOU FOR
COMING ON. MY MAN
RIGHT HERE I KNOW THAT YOU’RE
GOING TO BE OUT THERE AND I
KNOW THAT YOU’VE GOT BIG THINGS
IN STORE. SO LET’S TALK ABOUT
HOW YOU AT HOME CAN GET
INVOLVED THERE’S ONLY A LIMITED
NUMBER OF SPOTS LEFT SO REALLY
DON’T WAIT UNTIL NEXT WEEK YOU
WANT TO DO THIS NOW THE
NEXT CAMP IS JUNE 21ST IT GOES
TO THE 25TH IT’S AT THE NORTH
FLORIDA SCHOOL OF SPECIAL
EDUCATION, THEY’VE GOT A NICE
JIM THEY’RE AN AMAZING CAMPUS
IN ARLINGTON. THERE ARE 2 WEEKS
OF CAMPS THOUGH SO THAT’S JUST
THE
FIRST CAMP VOLUNTEERING IS
EASY. SO YOU COMMIT TO A WEEK
FOR ONLY 75 MINUTES
A DAY. AND YOU CAN ENCOURAGE
TEAM SO VOLUNTEER TOGETHER WITH
YOUR FRIENDS, YOUR FAMILY
MEMBERS
YOUR CO-WORKERS YOU DO HAVE TO
BE AT LEAST 15 YEARS OLD SO WE
WANT YOU TO BE
AT LEAST 15 YEARS OLD IF YOU’RE
UNDER THAT YOU CAN TAG ALONG
WITH MOM AND DAD.
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