Move United Member Newsletter | AUG 2021
In This Issue:
  • MOVE UNITED RENEWAL REMINDER
  • MOVE UNITED SEEKING INTERNS
  • MEMBER WEBINAR: PR FUNDAMENTALS
  • CHALLENGE ALASKA INCLUSION CHAMPION
  • BENEFIT SPOTLIGHT: COVID RESOURCE PAGE
  • MEET ASHLEY FALLAIZE
The Rundown:
MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL REMINDER
Membership renewal is underway, and many of you have already completed the main steps!

We wanted to take this opportunity to not only remind members to complete the request for annual dues and member agreements, but to highlight two NEW renewal opportunities:

  • Annual Member Survey - Help us quantify the impact our member organizations have on the national landscape. This quick questionnaire helps us demonstrate the reach of your programs to potential funders, and provides an opportunity to submit your feedback on the quality of the membership program.

  • Update Member Level - Over the past two years, we have expanded the scope of our membership program by creating new member levels that incorporate adaptive sports opportunities of different shapes and sizes. There may be an opportunity for a member level adjustment that might save your program in renewal dues. Review the member level parameters to see if your program is accessing the best level of membership!

Questions? Email kdavis@moveunitedsport.org
SPORTS MAKE US MORE
IN THE NEWS
Move United Seeking Interns
Know somebody (athlete, family, friends) in your program interested in joining the movement?

The Move United Programs Internship is a great opportunity to learn about project management, event management and planning, as well as non-profit operations and organizing programs for individuals with disabilities.

Alumni of this program include several Move United staff, as well as Oregon Adaptive Sports Executive Director, Pat Addabbo:

"My internship with then DSUSA was critical to the foundation of my career."
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GET IN THE GAME
UPCOMING EVENTS
Member Engagement Series
Join us for one or all of the following sessions, where we will focus on best practices that will help you strengthen and communicate the value of your brand.
Branding Fundamentals
Marketing Fundamentals
Public Relations Fundamentals
Thursday August 19 | 3 PM Eastern
Upcoming Instructor Trainings
REGISTER NOW:

Aug 21-22 Adaptive Swim Instructor Training
Phoenix, AZ | REGISTER...

Sept 20-21 NOLS Wilderness Safety Training
Stowe, VT | REGISTER...

SAVE THE DATE:

Sept 8-9 NOLS Wilderness First Aid Training Girdwood, AK

Sept 11-12 Adaptive Climbing Instructor Training College Park, MD

Sept 17-18 Wheelchair Tennis Coach Training Palm Beach Gardens, FL

Sept 18-19 Wheelchair Lacrosse Coach Training West Palm Beach, FL

Sept 24-25 Adaptive Climbing Instructor Training Crystal City, VA

Sept 29-30 Adaptive Swim Instructor Training Franconia, NH

JOIN THE MOVEMENT
MEMBER HIGHLIGHTS
MEMBER MONDAYS
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Have any big news? Fill out this Member Spotlight form to be featured in the upcoming weeks on Move United social media.
MEMBER
UPDATES
MEMBERS IN THE NEWS
Challenge Alaska Named as First Member Inclusion Champion
Challenge Alaska (Anchorage, AK)

Challenge Alaska has become the first Move United Member Organization to be named an Inclusion Champion. They join over 30 groups across the youth, sports and education landscapes who support Move United’s Inclusive Playbook and champion the values of inclusion, equity, access and justice across all communities. Champions not only amplify the Playbook and work of Move United, but are also prospective inclusion training hosts and partners.
BENEFIT
SPOTLIGHT
COVID RESOURCES
In conjunction with the launch of the new Move United webpage, we have transitioned our COVID-19 related resources away from the member SharePoint site to the main web page.

All existing Move United produced resources and any future updates will now live on the COVID-19 Member Resource page. This page includes Featured Resources, Resource Library, and FAQs.
MEET MOVE UNITED
Ashley Fallaize
COMPETITIONS MANAGER
Ashley Fallaize joined the Move United team July 1st, 2021. She comes to Move United with extensive experience in coaching and managing adaptive sports programming since 2006. Before joining Move United, she worked for a community-based adaptive sports program as well as taught undergraduate classes in disability sports and physical activity at two colleges in Georgia. She received her undergraduate in Exercise Science from Georgia State University and her masters in Motor Behavior from the University of Georgia (go dawgs!). Growing up as a swimmer, Ashley’s passion for the sport has taken her internationally to coach VIRTUS team USA- Athletes Without Limits.

Ashley has coauthored textbooks, presented internationally and authored numerous journal articles centered on disability sports and coach education. She makes her home in Norcross, GA with her husband Michael and children Tripp (3.5) and Isabelle (2). In her spare time she enjoys volunteer coaching, water sports and renovating her historic home.
Ashley Fallaize in rock climbing harness and helmet
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