Connect with the Outdoors
Lehigh Valley Women of Adventure
It wouldn’t be totally inaccurate to say Jackie L. Seidman, 64, created Lehigh Valley Women of Adventure because of a bear. In 2022, shortly after the death of her mother, for whom she was the primary caregiver, Seidman and her adult children traveled to Alaska, where she encountered a bear.
“I’m face to face with a bear, and the animal said to me, ‘Go find your way to give back to others,’” says Seidman, a self-proclaimed wearer of many hats.
Ever the outdoorswoman, Seidman told her kids that night that she was going to start a women’s outdoor group. “I wanted to give back to women… With all of the different hats women wear, we have a tendency to put ourselves last,” she says. The group, which launched in March 2023 as a nonprofit, aims to encourage women to make themselves a priority for a better “physical and emotional…