{"id":8250,"date":"2022-07-18T01:00:12","date_gmt":"2022-07-18T05:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/?p=8250"},"modified":"2022-07-19T21:33:39","modified_gmt":"2022-07-20T01:33:39","slug":"2022-idea-world-convention-scholarship-awardees-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/suppliers\/2022-idea-world-convention-scholarship-awardees-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"2022 IDEA World Convention Scholarship Awardees Announced"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/American-Council-On-Exercise-1-300x73.png\" alt=\"ACE\" width=\"300\" height=\"73\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2769\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/American-Council-On-Exercise-1.png 300w, http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/American-Council-On-Exercise-1-200x49.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>ACE<\/p>\n<p><strong>SAN DIEGO, CA<\/strong> &#8211; The IDEA World Convention Scholarship Program, funded by Kathie and Peter Davis, Founders of IDEA Health &#038; Fitness Association (IDEA) and the IDEA Foundation (now the American Council on Exercise, or ACE), announced five 2022 Award Recipients who will attend this year\u2019s IDEA World Convention in Las Vegas, Nevada, July 20 &#8211; 24, 2022.  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are honored to continue supporting exercise professionals who help communities become more physically active,\u201d said Kathie Davis, former executive director for IDEA. \u201cThe initial purpose of IDEA was to \u2018Inspire the World to Fitness,\u2019 and the IDEA World Convention Scholarship Program in partnership with ACE helps takes that inspiration to the next level \u2013 by recognizing and supporting those who are making positive changes in our communities.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The 2022 IDEA World Convention Scholarship recipients include: <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sandra Brown, ACE Certified Personal Trainer from Oregon, trains older adults in California and Oregon as a Fall Prevention Instructor and through personalized exercise sessions so clients are able to maintain independent lifestyles thanks to increased physical activity and sustained functional movement.<\/li>\n<li>James Gathings, Personal Trainer and Group Fitness Instructor from Georgia, hosts multiple community events including lunch-and-learns and fitness sessions to train and guide community members lead healthier and more active lives.<\/li>\n<li>Leanne Johnson, ACE Certified Personal Trainer from Kentucky, turned to exercise when she was medically disabled and later created her own business to encourage increased physical activity and healthy living to hundreds of community members weekly.<\/li>\n<li>Kelly Kroeker, ACE Certified Personal Trainer from Minnesota, predominately works with individuals who are chronically ill, live with chronic conditions, or are recovering from them, including a cancer-survivorship exercise and support group.<\/li>\n<li>Julie Schuldt, ACE Certified Group Fitness Instructor from Arizona, has organized multiple fitness-related fundraising events and oversees more than 160 fitness programs across her local recreation centers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cThe exercise professionals selected as this year&#8217;s IDEA Scholarship award recipients exemplify ACE\u2019s mission to get people moving,\u201d said Scott Goudeseune, chief executive officer at ACE. \u201cIt is a privilege to continue collaborating with Peter and Kathie to administer these scholarships and ACE is excited to see the 2022 awardee\u2019s careers continue to flourish.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The IDEA World Convention Scholarship Program was established by Kathie and Peter Davis in 2018 and is administered by ACE. The program recognizes the exceptional work of exercise professionals and health coaches who are making a difference in their communities. Scholarship awards include event registration, travel, boarding, and meals during the Convention. This is the first year the program has awarded scholarships since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe COVID-19 pandemic hit the global fitness industry hard, especially exercise professionals and health coaches,\u201d said Peter Davis, former chief operating executive of IDEA. \u201cThe industry is bouncing back, and we\u2019re excited to be able to support the fitness professionals who remain in the game to get people moving.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The COVID-19 pandemic\u2019s impact on the fitness industry continues to evolve. Approximately 25% of all U.S. health and fitness facilities closed and 30% of studios permanently closed due to the pandemic (IHRSA, 2022). In addition, more than 1.5 million jobs, around 47%, in the fitness industry were cut due to the pandemic (IHRSA, 2022). Gyms and professionals who remain in the industry have shifted their service delivery, to include more hybrid options that include in-person and virtual sessions (IBIS, 2021; Club Intel, 2021).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>SAN DIEGO, CA<\/strong> &#8211; The IDEA World Convention Scholarship Program, funded by Kathie and Peter Davis, Founders of IDEA Health &#038; Fitness Association (IDEA) and the IDEA Foundation (now the American Council on Exercise, or ACE), announced five 2022 Award Recipients who will attend this year\u2019s IDEA World Convention in Las Vegas, Nevada, July 20 &#8211; 24, 2022. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2769,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[45],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8250"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8250"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8250\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8251,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8250\/revisions\/8251"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2769"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8250"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8250"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8250"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}