{"47607":{"#nid":"47607","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Alumnus Supawanich Cycles Across the U.S. for Charity","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EPaul Supawanich, a 2006 graduate of the Stewart School of ISyE, was recently featured in the September\/October issue of the \u003Cem\u003EGeorgia Tech Alumni Magazine\u003C\/em\u003E. Supawanich, an avid cyclist who currently lives in Berkeley, CA, to study transportation issues at graduate school, pedaled away from San Francisco in late July to begin a 2,848-mile bike ride to his hometown of Gibson City, IL, to raise money for the Atlanta Bike Coalition and the Ford County Youth Soccer Club.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESupawanich said he chose to support the Fort County Youth Soccer Club in Gibson City because of his experiences as a youngster: \u0022Playing soccer ... was an activity that really shaped me into the person I am today, not only combining the importance of fitness and teamwork but also leadership and discipline.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EHe hopes to raise $4,000 to support the two organizations and expects to arrive in Gibson City on approximately September 9th. His journey can be followed on his blog at \u003Ca href=\u0027http:\/\/www.supaonabike.blogspot.com\u0027\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.supaonabike.blogspot.com\u003C\/a\u003E, where he posts pictures and updates about his route across the United States and the progress of his fundraising. His blog also includes information on how to donate to his cause, with 75% of all donations going to the beneficiary of choice and the remainder going toward his food and supplies for the 35-day ride.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe original article published on page 72 of the \u003Cem\u003EGeorgia Tech Alumni Magazine\u003C\/em\u003E can be viewed online in its entirety here:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\u0027http:\/\/www.nxtbook.com\/nxtbooks\/gatech\/alumni_20090910\/#\/72\u0027\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.nxtbook.com\/nxtbooks\/gatech\/alumni_20090910\/#\/72\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Paul Supawanich (IE 2006) was featured in the Sept\/Oct issue of the \u003Cem\u003EGeorgia Tech Alumni Magazine\u003C\/em\u003E. An avid cyclist, he is pedaling 2,848 miles across the U.S. to raise money for the Atlanta Bike Coalition and the Ford County Youth Soccer Club.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Alumnus Supawanich Cycles Across the U.S. for Charity"}],"uid":"27279","created_gmt":"2009-08-12 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:03:53","author":"Barbara Christopher","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2009-08-12T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2009-08-12T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"47608":{"id":"47608","type":"image","title":"Cyclist Paul Supawanich (IE 2006)","body":null,"created":"1449175354","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:42:34","changed":"1475894445","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:40:45","alt":"Cyclist Paul Supawanich (IE 2006)","file":{"fid":"101235","name":"trz90904.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/trz90904_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/trz90904_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":59528,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/trz90904_0.jpg?itok=1UwAKQPD"}}},"media_ids":["47608"],"groups":[{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"}],"categories":[{"id":"130","name":"Alumni"},{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"7910","name":"Atlanta Bike Coalition"},{"id":"7909","name":"Cycling"},{"id":"4790","name":"fundraising"},{"id":"2374","name":"paul"},{"id":"170905","name":"Supawanich"},{"id":"7911","name":"Youth Soccer"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003EBarbara Christopher\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIndustrial and Systems Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=bt3\u0022\u003EContact Barbara Christopher\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404.385.3102\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["bchristopher@isye.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}