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Bikes in Schools, helping kids learn to ride bikes

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Given by 79 generous donors in 4 weeks

Bikes in Schools helps schools get kids on bikes. Please help Team Downer raise money for them in the 2019 Tour of New Zealand cycle race.

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Bikes in Schools helps get kids on bikes. As each new school track opens, it’s always a huge thrill to see kids learn to ride, and gain fitness, confidence and a sense of adventure.

"My legs are my petrol,” said one very young Hastings lad on his first ride.

“We haven’t yet found a child who didn’t want to ride,” says Paul McArdle who established and runs the programme.

Teachers also say riding kids are happier, healthier and better students.

Bikes in Schools already benefits 30,000 children in more than 100 schools...and is aiming to raise that by a further 43,000 kids in the next few years.

According to 2015 Ministry of Transport figures, the average time biked by children aged 5 to 12 fell from 28 minutes a week in 1990 to just four minutes a week in 2014. The average distance they ride fell from 2.8km a week in 1990 to 500m in 2014.

At the Akina Foundation, we’ve proved the wider health, family and community benefits of kids riding more in a Social Return on Investment analysis.

To help raise money for Paul and the kids, we eight riders on Team Akina will compete in the 2019 Tour of New Zealand cycle race, April 6-13. Please support us!

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Downer NZ Staff will be doing the Tour of NZ and would like to raise funds for Bikes in Schools

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Kevin Donnelly
Kevin Donnelly on 14 Apr 2019
Great cause and well done to all involved.
$100
Guest Donor
Guest Donor on 14 Apr 2019
$50
Guest Donor
Guest Donor on 14 Apr 2019
Go Duncan!
$30
Paul
Paul on 13 Apr 2019
$300
Nic
Nic on 13 Apr 2019
Awesome tour and awesome cause, thanks for having us
$500

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This campaign started on 25 Mar 2019 and ended on 22 Apr 2019.