MARGATE — Coastal Marine Piling teamed up with Revel Ride Margate, a spinning studio, to raise funds for the nonprofit OCNJ C.A.R.E. on Dec. 20.
Kim Styer, who owns Coastal Marine with her husband, T, said employee Bobby Joslin came up with the idea because he wanted to give back to the community.
“We all have good lives and great families, and we wanted to do some things for people less fortunate,” Styer said.
The Ocean City resident said they chose OCNJ C.A.R.E. because it helps people primarily in the local community.
“So we decided we’ll do a ride in support of that,” she said.
Revel Ride owner Jamie Promislo donated the time in the studio and everyone paid a donation to the fundraiser.
The couple’s daughter Ryann Styer, a former standout swimmer at Ocean City High School, works for the studio and made the connection.
OCNJ C.A.R.E. was formed after Superstorm Sandy in 2012 to help families who were displaced by the storm. The restrictions ordered to slow the spread of COVID-19 created similar hardships in 2020, and the community again came together to help those in need.
The group helps at-risk populations (including older adults) in shopping, picking up medications or traveling to locations that they have been advised to avoid, cooking and delivering meals to anybody in need, including schoolchildren and older adults, and providing relief for families that cannot meet basic needs.
Mayor Jay Gillian spoke on behalf of the nonprofit.
“What we do now is we help families — they can’t pay the rent, they can’t pay their utilities — and most of all, we help out our kids in Ocean City,” he said.
The packed studio featured many skilled at spinning but many others new to the sport. They rode a variable-difficulty course for an hour before limping away to the medicine cabinet.
“It’s a combination of people that know what they’re doing and people that have never been on a spin bike before. So it’s kind of gonna be interesting but fun at the same time,” Promislo said.
Nicolette Chiaravalotti served as instructor on the podium, leading the class and trying to keep everybody moving.
– STORY and PHOTOS by CRAIG D. SCHENCK/Sentinel staff
