Trike-A-Thon

I wanted to share this with you as the Sandals Foundation is making a difference!

Pre-schoolers from Tambearly School and The Meridian School in Nassau Bahamas hosted a St. Jude Trike-A-Thon the week of January 24 in support of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital®, one of the world’s premier centers for the research and treatment of pediatric cancer and other catastrophic childhood diseases. A tradition for more than 25 years, Trike-A-Thon is a fun, week-long curriculum for daycare centers and pre-schools and was fully sponsored by the Sandals Foundation this year. Children learn and showcase their riding-toy safety lessons and raise funds for the hospital. The community was able to sponsor children in Trike-A-Thon by pledging an amount-per-lap the kids ride or make a one-time donation. “Every child saved at St. Jude means children saved around the world - a direct result of cutting-edge research and treatment that set the standard in treating deadly childhood diseases,” said Alice Langford, Principal of Tambearly School. “Through events like Trike-A-Thon, children in The Bahamas can support the St. Jude mission of finding cures and saving children everywhere.” In 2010, St. Jude was ranked the most trusted charity in the United States and was also named the top children’s cancer hospital in the 2010-11 Best Children’s Hospitals rankings published by U.S. News & World Report.