There are many programs out there for kids to help them with their personal, physical, mental challenges.
Geerz is different!
Geerz teaches youth (boys and girls) empowerment – without medication, without critique, without humiliation through weekly mountain bike rides.
Kids have very fine-tuned senses and they feel that teachers are overwhelmed, parents are frustrated and this rubs off. Geerz has demonstrated over the last 10 years that learning to mountain bike boosts a child’s self-esteem with a healthy, constructive release and the realization that he or she has the power to create a path to confidence and achievement.
How does Geerz do it?
The Geerz program is a weekly after-school program in session for 10 months during the academic year. Each 90-minute session includes a trail ride and skills training (riding skills, mechanical skills, bike safety, and etiquette) and a structured, professional-designed session, focused on grappling with life’s challenges.
On each ride, a different struggle is defined, explored and discussed. The curriculum is structured to progressively cover a wide variety of issues, which our riders identify with at their own pace and level of severity.
There is a huge need for this form of outdoor, adventure therapy, which does not confine kids to sessions in a small room, in a chair. It’s getting them in the outdoors, with fresh air, exercising and sharing experiences with other kids and trained counsellors.
The Digital Autopilot team are proud supporters of this unique, life-changing organisation focused on developing, in a healthy way, future leaders of families, communities and organisations.
