Urban Blazers

Urban Blazers Foundation
http://www.urbanblazers.org
2409 Naudain Street
Philadelphia, PA 19146
Tel: 484.437.7070
Fax: 215.717.2925
Email: urbanblazers@hotmail.com 
==Insights==
* Urban Blazers seeking a dynamic and talented Executive Director in 2009 to help manage realized growth and drive future expansion. The Executive Director will be the organization’s first paid full-time employee and will have the opportunity to take significant ownership over the evolution of the organization and its continued success.
The Executive Director will act as the face of Urban Blazers and will be responsible for growing the organization’s reach into the community by expanding program capacity, managing volunteers and employees and organizing the development function.
===About Urban Blazers:===
The Urban Blazers Foundation (http://www.urbanblazers.org) is Philadelphia based 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that provides unique opportunities for outdoor physical activity and education, contact with nature, and social connection to promote the healthy development of underserved Philadelphia youth.
Urban Blazers serves at-risk Philadelphia youth, ages 6-18, by providing extracurricular experiential learning programs including day-long hiking and rock climbing trips at local parks and recreational areas, river rafting, fitness training, disciplined preparation and participation in local 5k running races, and multi-day camping excursions.
Urban Blazers provides a supportive educational environment in which youth practice responsible risk-taking and develop healthy conflict-resolution skills. All activities incorporate physical challenges designed to:
• Educate youth participants about active, healthy lifestyles
• Encourage personal growth by offering activities in which students set goals and work to achieve them.
• Improve participants’ fitness levels and reduce obesity
• Facilitate mentoring and coaching by adult role models
Each of Urban Blazers’ outdoor programs is conceived to empower students to rise above challenges in their lives by practicing sound decision making in an atmosphere of wise freedom. Experiential learning activities are led by carefully screened volunteers who make a commitment to working with Urban Blazers youth. All programs foster mental health through self-esteem building and increased confidence gained by setting and achieving goals within the framework of each activity. Participation in Urban Blazers programs decreases school drop-out rates by empowering students through skill mastery and cultivating a regard for intellectual values. In turn, students build character and learn to identify and avoid unhealthy behavior.
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