Eastside Domestic Violence Program, Rising Star Guild, and Lakemont Ladies Cycling Club are teaming up to bring you Cycle the WAVE. Learn more about us below.
Eastside Domestic Violence Program
EDVP’s mission is to end domestic violence by changing individual, institutional and societal beliefs, attitudes and behaviors that perpetuate it. To achieve this we will work with the community to:
PROVIDE services in East and North King County to people, primarily women and children, who have experienced physical, emotional or sexual abuse.
PREVENT domestic violence through advocacy, education and support.
Since 1982 EDVP has provided safety, support and accessibility to more than 96,000 victims and their children.
EDVP believes that domestic violence will end only when individuals, institutions and society as a whole join together to demand an end to abuse. EDVP supports a comprehensive, coordinated response to domestic violence by working together with other social human service agencies, police departments, hospitals, businesses, community groups and individuals to end domestic violence.
If you or someone you know is being abused or you would like to learn how to help, please visit www.edvp.org for the 24-hour crisis line and the shelter and program wish list.
Rising Star Guild
Compiled of women who live primarily in the Bellevue/Issaquah area, with households presently comprised of “older” children, the members of the Rising Star Guild feel compelled to continue with purposeful work for the advocacy of children. It is disturbing to realize that 1 in 5 teenagers will be abused in their teenage years. Therefore this group has chosen to put energy into the cause to end domestic violence.
Since 2001, when the Guild began, more than $100,000 in donations has been raised to benefit women and children in EDVP’s homeless shelters and programs.
Rising Star Guild volunteers are committed to making a difference in the lives of victims of domestic violence and their children.
Read the Issaquah Reporter article about EDVP and the Rising Star Guild.
Lakemont Ladies Cycling Club
In 2007, following an email to a few women passionate about cycling, Lakemont Ladies Cycling Club was formed. With rapidly growing numbers, the roster now reaches nearly 60 women of all ages and levels who are interested in cycling and building friendship through fitness.
Training rides are Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, and occasional weekend rides. The club holds regular safety and bike maintenance classes and plans on offering bike fits, CPR, nutrition and much more to its members. LLCC members reside in Seattle, Bellevue, Mercer Island, Sammamish and Issaquah.