[SkateDC] Fwd: DC-ICE at Youth Sports Event on Capitol HIll, Wednesday, 2-4pm

[Carl Ford]

If you have time tomorrow, check this out.  Show up on your skates!

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DC Inner City Excellence (DC ICE)

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

July 27, 2009

DC ICE Joins Chicago 2016 Olympic Bid Committee, World Sport Chicago for 
Youth Sports Day on Capitol Hill

Washington, DC Olympian Nathaniel Mills, youth from DC Skating Club to 
demonstrate in-line skating for members of US Congressional Youth Sports 
Caucus, promoting Olympic values and ideals

Washington, DC – While Congressional leaders debate how to manage 
escalating health care costs, a pack of young skaters from Washington, DC 
is joining their Olympian coach to demonstrate one solution: in-line 
skating. On Wednesday, July 29, from 2:00-4:00pm, the DC Skating Club will 
join the Chicago 2016 Olympic Bid Committee and World Sport Chicago to 
promote the Olympic Movement and the value of sports-based youth 
development. Organized by US Representative Mike McIntyre (North Carolina), 
chair of the Congressional Youth Sports Caucus, and Up2Us, a new national 
youth-sports coalition, Youth Sports Day on Capitol HIll brings together 
Olympians, youth sports programs, Members of Congress and the public to 
spotlight the benefits of bringing the 2016 Olympic Games to Chicago and 
the potential legacy for youth sports. Youth Sports Day will be highlighted 
by Olympian-led sports demonstrations, including in-line skating, a 
finalist among new sports seeking admission to the Olympic Games roster 
starting in 2016.

Over a dozen youth, ages 8 to 18, from the DC-ICE Skating Club will be 
rolling over to Capitol Hill directly from Summer ICE Camp in Anacostia 
Park. ICE stands for Inner City Excellence, the Olympism-based educational 
program co-founded and Directed by three-time Olympian and educator 
Nathaniel Mills, in collaboration with the non-profit Friends of Fort 
Dupont Ice Arena. The summer-long ICE Camp is rooted in the Olympic values 
of Excellence, Respect, and Friendship, and features Olympic-caliber 
instruction in a variety of athletic, artistic, and academic disciplines, 
including ice skating at Fort Dupont Ice Arena and in-line skating at the 
Anacostia Park Skating Pavilion.

According to Mills, who qualified for and captained the 1998 Olympic Team 
as a DC resident and who currently teaches in DC schools, ICE programs 
nurture "Olympians in Life" by focusing on development of the whole child: 
body, mind, and will. "Sport and play are basic human rights that are too 
often denied to children living in urban environments. And while Congress 
debates the pros and cons of health care reform, sports-based youth 
development works at the root of the national health care problem, 
fostering healthy habits in young people that can last a lifetime and 
potentially remove the causes of incurring health care costs as adults. 
This gets to the essence of Olympic Movement's goal of 'creating a more 
peaceful society concerned with the preservation of human dignity.'" In 
2004 Mills co-founded the Olympism Project with colleauges from the Olympic 
and Paralympic Games to help make Olympic ideals real for more individuals, 
particularly youth.

World Sport Chicago promotes, upholds, and advances the Olympic ideals in 
every day life through active participation in Olympic and Paralympic 
sports. The Chicago 2016 Bid Committee is the organization officially 
seeking the privilege to host the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games. 
Chicago is competing for this honor alongside Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), 
Tokyo (Japan), and Madrid (Spain).

DC Inner City Excitement, also known as DC-ICE, was established in 2002 in 
the Nation's Capitol by parents living East of the Anacostia River in 
collaboration with the Friends of Fort Dupont Ice Arena. Inspired by the 
success of pioneering Olympic Champion Shani Davis, the founding parents 
recruited three-time Olympic speedskater Nathaniel Mills to help form an 
urban skating club for the purpose of keeping their children active. Buoyed 
by multiple visits from Davis, including an appearance following his gold 
medal-winning performance in the 2006 Olympics, DC-ICE now offers 
year-round Inner City Excellence programs and events at FDIA and elsewhere, 
including ICE Camps, the out-of-school-time ICE Academy, and the DC-ICE 
Skating Club. ICE programs are driven by student volunteers, including many 
from Washington, DC's School Without Walls, where Mills teaches "Global 
Perspectives."

WHAT: Youth Sports Celebration on Capitol Hills

WHO: Chicago 2016 Olympic Bid, Up2Us, Congressional Youth Sports Caucus, 
DC-ICE

WHEN: Wednesday, June 29, 2:00 pm to 4:00pm:

WHERE: Rayburn Park, Rayburn House Office Building, South Capitol & C st 
SE, Washington, DC 20001

For more information, please contact dc at innercityexcellence.org 
240.505.5096 c

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Carl Ford
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superstition.
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DC Inner City Excellence (DC ICE)


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

July 27, 2009


DC ICE Joins Chicago 2016 Olympic Bid Committee, World Sport Chicago for  
Youth Sports Day on Capitol Hill

Washington, DC Olympian Nathaniel Mills, youth from DC Skating Club to  
demonstrate in-line skating for members of US Congressional Youth Sports  
Caucus, promoting Olympic values and ideals


Washington, DC – While Congressional leaders debate how to manage  
escalating health care costs, a pack of young skaters from Washington, DC  
is joining their Olympian coach to demonstrate one solution: in-line  
skating. On Wednesday, July 29, from 2:00-4:00pm, the DC Skating Club will  
join the Chicago 2016 Olympic Bid Committee and World Sport Chicago to  
promote the Olympic Movement and the value of sports-based youth  
development. Organized by US Representative Mike McIntyre (North Carolina),  
chair of the Congressional Youth Sports Caucus, and Up2Us, a new national  
youth-sports coalition, Youth Sports Day on Capitol HIll brings together  
Olympians, youth sports programs, Members of Congress and the public to  
spotlight the benefits of bringing the 2016 Olympic Games to Chicago and  
the potential legacy for youth sports. Youth Sports Day will be highlighted  
by Olympian-led sports demonstrations, including in-line skating, a  
finalist among new sports seeking admission to the Olympic Games roster  
starting in 2016.



Over a dozen youth, ages 8 to 18, from the DC-ICE Skating Club will be  
rolling over to Capitol Hill directly from Summer ICE Camp in Anacostia  
Park. ICE stands for Inner City Excellence, the Olympism-based educational  
program co-founded and Directed by three-time Olympian and educator  
Nathaniel Mills, in collaboration with the non-profit Friends of Fort  
Dupont Ice Arena. The summer-long ICE Camp is rooted in the Olympic values  
of Excellence, Respect, and Friendship, and features Olympic-caliber  
instruction in a variety of athletic, artistic, and academic disciplines,  
including ice skating at Fort Dupont Ice Arena and in-line skating at the  
Anacostia Park Skating Pavilion.


According to Mills, who qualified for and captained the 1998 Olympic Team  
as a DC resident and who currently teaches in DC schools, ICE programs  
nurture "Olympians in Life" by focusing on development of the whole child:  
body, mind, and will. "Sport and play are basic human rights that are too  
often denied to children living in urban environments. And while Congress  
debates the pros and cons of health care reform, sports-based youth  
development works at the root of the national health care problem,  
fostering healthy habits in young people that can last a lifetime and  
potentially remove the causes of incurring health care costs as adults.  
This gets to the essence of Olympic Movement's goal of 'creating a more  
peaceful society concerned with the preservation of human dignity.'" In  
2004 Mills co-founded the Olympism Project with colleauges from the Olympic  
and Paralympic Games to help make Olympic ideals real for more individuals,  
particularly youth.


World Sport Chicago promotes, upholds, and advances the Olympic ideals in  
every day life through active participation in Olympic and Paralympic  
sports. The Chicago 2016 Bid Committee is the organization officially  
seeking the privilege to host the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games.  
Chicago is competing for this honor alongside Rio de Janeiro (Brazil),  
Tokyo (Japan), and Madrid (Spain).



DC Inner City Excitement, also known as DC-ICE, was established in 2002 in  
the Nation's Capitol by parents living East of the Anacostia River in  
collaboration with the Friends of Fort Dupont Ice Arena. Inspired by the  
success of pioneering Olympic Champion Shani Davis, the founding parents  
recruited three-time Olympic speedskater Nathaniel Mills to help form an  
urban skating club for the purpose of keeping their children active. Buoyed  
by multiple visits from Davis, including an appearance following his gold  
medal-winning performance in the 2006 Olympics, DC-ICE now offers  
year-round Inner City Excellence programs and events at FDIA and elsewhere,  
including ICE Camps, the out-of-school-time ICE Academy, and the DC-ICE  
Skating Club. ICE programs are driven by student volunteers, including many  
from Washington, DC's School Without Walls, where Mills teaches "Global  
Perspectives."


WHAT: Youth Sports Celebration on Capitol Hills


WHO: Chicago 2016 Olympic Bid, Up2Us, Congressional Youth Sports Caucus,  
DC-ICE

WHEN: Wednesday, June 29, 2:00 pm to 4:00pm:


WHERE: Rayburn Park, Rayburn House Office Building, South Capitol & C st  
SE, Washington, DC 20001


For more information, please contact dc at innercityexcellence.org  
240.505.5096 c