Who We Are.

Keep It Moving has the mission to provide young people with the opportunity to engage in healthy, life-affirming activities. We fill the gap for young people with the desire to engage in a sport, music, or academic endeavor but do not have the financial means to do so. Over the past five years we have led several compassion projects to help fuflill our mission.

We are also dedicated to having Narcan, the life-saving drug that reverses opioid overdose, in every purse, backpack, and first-aid kit.
We provide on-the-spot Narcan training for the community when and where it is needed – whether on the street, in a religious organization, living room, or in a parking lot.

 

Our Story.

Keep It Moving was started after our son, Zane Mandel Michalak, a 22-year-old Siena College Social Work graduate, overdosed on fentanyl only thirteen weeks after graduation. Zane’s playful, bright, endearing, and compassionate spirit lives on in the work we are doing in Keep It Moving and in every life that is saved. Our ultimate goal is that NOT ONE MORE person is lost in the opioid epidemic.

 

Meet Our Board.

Meet the many talented and diverse members of our Board of Directors.

Lauren Mandel, BSN, RN

Program Director

 

Kate Michalak, L. Ac., PA-C

Medical Director

 

Barbara Jones, RN

Treasurer

 
 

Sioban Wynne, RN

Board Member

Kim Froeschl, CPTD

Secretary

 

Donette Smith, LCSW-R

Board Member, Chair of Fundraising Committee

 

Patricia Osterhoudt

Board Member-Founder of Matt’s Movement

 

Jaqueline Philips

Board Member

 

Catherine Ruiz, MSN, RN

Board Member