During the month of August, the Great Cycle Challenge aims to end childhood cancer and pedal in honour of those lives which have been lost, while standing with brave kids still fighting to survive.
The goal is to fund life-saving research to develop safer and more effective treatments and find cures for all childhood cancers.
Five-year-old Levi Hawkins will be pedalling for his fourth year doing the Great Cycle Challenge, riding to raise money for kids with cancer.
In the last three years Levi has raised over $5,000 - $5,356 to be exact – and has ridden a total of 471-kilometres and has not even started to track his kilometres for this year’s challenge.
“For being five years old, this is a pretty huge accomplishment,” said Laura, Levi’s mother.
“He is very passionate about this fundraiser and his biking, and we thought we could get the word out to help raise even more money for this amazing cause.”
Right now, over 1,700 children are diagnosed with cancer every year, and it’s the biggest killer of children from disease in Canada.
“I am raising funds through my challenge to help these kids and support SickKids Foundation to allow them to continue their work in developing treatments, and finding a cure for childhood cancer,” expressed Levi on his pledge page.
Levi’s goal is to raise $1,800 this summer, and as of July 15 has already raised $750.
Levi’s father Rob is an avid mountain biker and the family have always had their kids on bikes at a very young age. Rob heard about the challenge on social media and decided it would be a great challenge and to achieve personal goals for themselves as well as supporting a great cause.
Through his mother, Levi said he wishes that every kid had the chance to ride bikes like he does. That’s what keeps him motivated.
Levi rides wherever he wants and tracks his mileage through an app called Strava for the month of August, to contribute to the total kilometres ridden.
The deadline for fundraising is August 31. Levi starts tracking his kilometres in August, but people can donate as early as July when his account is registered for the current year.
There is no minimum amount required, and donations can either be personal or a company donation. Receipts are also provided for tax purposes.
The money collected directly online through the Great Cycle Challenge website goes directly to the National SickKids Foundation and supports the Garron Family Cancer Centre at SickKids.
“The money is used in support of research to develop treatments and find a cure for childhood cancer,” Laura explained.
“In the eight years of this Cycle Challenge starting, there has been $46,960,280 raised from riders across Canada. He is so happy to be part of such a great cause.”
Visit https://greatcyclechallenge.ca/riders/RobHawkins for more information, to make donations, see Levi’s statistics, history and achievements.
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