Statements
Mission
Our mission is to empower all individuals through training and recreation, and educate professionals to better serve their clients. Achieving an inclusive and more productive society for all.
Background
STRIVE4You was formed through the vision of our two founders, Ricky Jones and Christy Ray. STRIVE is a culmination of their many years of work within the disability community. Because our organization just started in January of 2020 the history of STRIVE4You's programs is through their leadership, in depth experience, and proven years of results. Ricky and Christy have worked in adaptive sports for people with disabilities for over twelve years. During this
time, they developed and oversaw all aspects of eight weekly adapted recreation and sports programs, hosted two annual highly attended competitive tournaments,
and created a nationally recognized multi-sport adaptive sports conference. However this impressive duo's experience does not end there! Both Christy and Ricky are accomplished self-defense instructors, teaching people with disabilities across the country. They both have served on numerous disability advocacy boards, have taught many disability awareness seminars, and along the way have mentored other people with disabilities like themselves giving them encouragement to live life to its fullest!
Impact
Through our services and peer-to-peer programs, we strive each and every day to achieve an inclusive and more productive society for all. We reach this goal through our core values:
Strength - Each person fundamentally deserves to have encouragement and support to enable personal growth.
Training - Knowledge fuels empowerment.
Recreation - An active body equals a healthy mind, body, and spirit!
Inspiration - Influence is only achieved through action.
Vitality - We all must strive every day to live a purposeful life.
Empowerment - Only with quality education, steady nurture, and access to resources can we expect a society that incorporates everyone.
Needs
As we all know, a large problem that is linked to the obesity epidemic in the United States is the lack of physical activity and our sedentary lifestyles (CDC, 2005). Physical activity is defined by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as any form of exercise or movement of the body that uses energy. Essentially, thirty to sixty minutes of activity that raises the heart rate each day is needed to live a healthy, vibrant life.
When working with a population that is highly underserved, has vastly fewer resources, mostly lives well below the poverty level, and fights social preconceptions on a daily basis, it is no wonder why people of the blind and visually impaired community have one of the highest rates of obesity out of all minority groups in America. According to the American Community Survey results for 2016, there are 7,675,600 people living with a visual impairment in the United States-approximately 2.4% of the total population. According to a study conducted by Rimmer & Wang (2005), people with a visual impairment are 1.5 times more likely to be obese compared to the general population. STRIVE4You is committed to providing everyone with the encouragement & support they need
to achieve!
CEO Statement
Every volunteer, staff, and board member at STRIVE4You believes that every individual has the ability to be something great, as well as the ability to positively impact their community. Drawing Strength through training and recreation we will inspire vitality and empower each other to a fulfilling future for all! Only then can we have an inclusive society that we all can be proud of.
Service Categories |
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| Primary Category: | Human Services - Developmentally Disabled Services/Centers |
| Secondary Category: | Human Services - Blind/Visually Impaired Centers, Services |
| Tertiary Category: | - |
Areas Served
We are based in Nashville TN, where we proudly serve all Tennesseans. However our Services are offered across the United States through in-person & virtual events.
| TN - Davidson |
| TN |
| National |
