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Rider Prizes Arriving January 2010
Written by Ken Trenholm
Sunday, 29 November 2009 11:15
Our prizes and gear that riders elected to purchase for 2009 have been ordered. There were some changes in logos that needed to occur before final submission. Please note that if you purchased items after the event, or are eligible for prizes, that you will be receiving your prizes / items around the second week of January 2010. Thanks so much!
Bicycle Bus Announces Week # 5 Award Winners
Written by Ken Trenholm
Wednesday, 14 October 2009 00:00
The Summerside Bicycle Bus announced last week's bicycle-to-school winners today. This is Week Number Five in an Eight Week Project. Here are some photos and below the photos are our award recipients. As you can see, on Friday, some of the riders tested out their downhill abilities at Greenfield. This is a great way for kids to gain even more skill and confidence on the bicycle:
HEALTHY START AWARD
The Subway Healthy Start Award, presented to the top Summerside classroom with the highest participation in the Bicycle Bus program, went to Mme. Marie-Ann Roy's Grade 5 French Immersion at Elm Street.
This Grade 5 class was lead by the following children who made regular trips back and forth to school on the bicycle bus: Randy Corkum and Alysha Trenholm. The class will be receiving a free Subway healthy snack today.
THE MEDICINE SHOPPE TOP CYCLIST AWARD
This award is presented to the top rider in all participating schools. The prize is a monetary prize which is held in trust until the duration of the project. At the end of the project, some riders will have "earned" enough to purchase a new bike for next Spring.
The Top Bicycle Bus Riders per participating school for last week are as follows:
SIS (Brianna Corkum, Grade 7)
Elm Street (Randy Corkum, Christain Moase, and Alysha Trenholm, both Grade 5, and Carter Moase, Grade 6)
Greenfield (Austin Trenholm, Grade 3)
Honorable Mention: Kindergarten (Alayna Trenholm)
HEART & STROKE FOUNDATION TOP SCHOOL AWARD
This award is presented to the Summerside school with the highest participation in the Bicycle Bus program. For the second week in a row, the honour went to Elm Street Elementary.
Elm Street School made 24 total student trips during the week, followed by Summerside Intermediate School and Greenfield with 8.
MACQUEEN'S BICYCLE SHOP BENEFITS OF CYCLING PRIZES
The MacQueen's Bicycle Shop offers weekly prizes to the students - providing students with bicycle-related items that will encourage their participation, increase their safety, and serve as a motivation for others to participate. Friday is prize day.
ABOUT THE BICYCLE BUS
The Bicycle Bus is a concept that cycling to school can be both fun and safe for children and includes the supervision of at least one adult (parent, grandparent, community member) at all times and will be running until the end of October. The Bicycle Bus arrives at Greenfield at 8:15 am for morning depature along the Confederation Trail and makes stops at Elm Street, SIS, Parkside, and TOSH.
At the end of the day, the Bicycle Bus departs Elm Street at 3:05 pm and makes a stop at Summerside Intermediate before turning around and going back to the Confederation Trail, ending at Greenfield.
Students can join the bicycle bus anywhere along the route.
For changes in the bicycle bus departure time, or for more information, please visit www.bikingforbreakfast.com or call Ken Trenholm at 888-3878
Last Updated on Wednesday, 14 October 2009 11:37
Bicycle Bus Announces Week # 4 Award Winners
Written by Ken Trenholm
Tuesday, 06 October 2009 20:00
The Summerside Bicycling Bus announced last week's bicycle-to-school winners today. This is Week Number Four in an Eight Week Project. Here are some photos and below the photos are our award recipients. As you can see, on Friday, some of the riders tested out their downhill abilities at Greenfield. Whata safe, supervised, and (fun) blast!
HEALTHY START AWARD
The Subway Healthy Start Award, presented to the top Summerside classroom with the highest participation in the Bicycle Bus program, went to Mme. Marie-Ann Roy's Grade 5 French Immersion at Elm Street.
This Grade 5 class was lead by the following children who made regular trips back and forth to school on the bicycle bus: Randy Corkum and Alysha Trenholm. The class will be receiving a free Subway healthy snack today.
THE MEDICINE SHOPPE TOP CYCLIST AWARD
This award is presented to the top rider in all participating schools. The prize is a monetary prize which is held in trust until the duration of the project. At the end of the project, some riders will have "earned" enough to purchase a new bike for next Spring.
The Top Bicycle Bus Riders per participating school for last week are as follows:
SIS (Brianna Corkum, Grade 7)
Elm Street (Randy Corkum and Alysha Trenholm, both Grade 5, and Carter Moase, Grade 6)
Greenfield (Austin Trenholm, Grade 3)
Honorable Mention: Kindergarten (Alayna Trenholm) **Randy is pictured above**
HEART & STROKE FOUNDATION TOP SCHOOL AWARD
This award is presented to the Summerside school with the highest participation in the Bicycle Bus program. For the second week in a row, the honour went to Elm Street Elementary.
Elm Street School made 24 total student trips during the week, followed by Summerside Intermediate School and Greenfield with 8.
MACQUEEN'S BICYCLE SHOP BENEFITS OF CYCLING PRIZES
The MacQueen's Bicycle Shop offers weekly prizes to the students - providing students with bicycle-related items that will encourage their participation, increase their safety, and serve as a motivation for others to participate. Friday is prize day.
ABOUT THE BICYCLE BUS
The Bicycle Bus is a concept that cycling to school can be both fun and safe for children and includes the supervision of at least one adult (parent, grandparent, community member) at all times and will be running until the end of October. The Bicycle Bus arrives at Greenfield at 8:15 am for morning depature along the Confederation Trail and makes stops at Elm Street, SIS, Parkside, and TOSH.
At the end of the day, the Bicycle Bus departs Elm Street at 3:05 pm and makes a stop at Summerside Intermediate before turning around and going back to the Confederation Trail, ending at Greenfield.
Students can join the bicycle bus anywhere along the route.
The following are the totals for the Bicycle Bus project:
- total days the bus was running (16 days) (2 rain days not running)
- 170 trips were made by the students;
- covering a total group distance of 425.5 km;
- spending a total of 42 hr 30 min cycling;
- burning a collective 6,460 calories; and
- reducing the C02 in the air by car emissions by 0.119 tonnes.
For changes in the bicycle bus departure time, or for more information, please visit www.bikingforbreakfast.com or call Ken Trenholm at 888-3878
Last Updated on Wednesday, 07 October 2009 14:59
Bicycle Bus Announces Week # 3 Award Winners
Written by Ken Trenholm
Tuesday, 29 September 2009 20:00
The Summerside Bicycling Bus announced last week's bicycle-to-school winners today. Here are some photos and below the photos are our award recipients. Please note the Friday Prize Photo of the kids and they earned being "a little crazy" as the bicycle ride home on Friday was rain and high headwind....What troopers!!
HEALTHY START AWARD
The Subway Healthy Start Award, presented to the top Summerside classroom with the highest participation in the Bicycle Bus program, went to Mme. Marie-Ann Roy's Grade 5 French Immersion at Elm Street.
This Grade 5 class was lead by the following children who made regular trips back and forth to school on the bicycle bus: Randy Corkum and Alysha Trenholm. The class will be receiving a free Subway healthy snack today.
THE MEDICINE SHOPPE TOP CYCLIST AWARD
This award is presented to the top rider in all participating schools. The prize is a monetary prize which is held in trust until the duration of the project. At the end of the project, some riders will have "earned" enough to purchase a new bike for next Spring.
The Top Bicycle Bus Riders per participating school for last week are as follows:
SIS (Brianna Corkum, Grade 7)
Elm Street (Randy Corkum and Alysha Trenholm, Grade 5, and Carter Moase, Grade 6)
This award is presented to the Summerside school with the highest participation in the Bicycle Bus program. The honour went to Elm Street Elementary.
Elm Street School made 24 total student trips during the week, followed by Summerside Intermediate School and Greenfield which had eight.
MACQUEEN'S BICYCLE SHOP BENEFITS OF CYCLING PRIZES
The MacQueen's Bicycle Shop offers weekly prizes to the students - providing students with bicycle-related items that will encourage their participation, increase their safety, and serve as a motivation for others to participate. Friday is prize day.
ABOUT THE BICYCLE BUS
The Bicycle Bus is a concept that cycling to school can be both fun and safe for children and includes the supervision of at least one adult (parent, grandparent, community member) at all times and will be running until the end of October. The Bicycle Bus arrives at Greenfield at 8:15 am for morning depature along the Confederation Trail and makes stops at Elm Street, SIS, Parkside, and TOSH.
At the end of the day, the Bicycle Bus departs Elm Street at 3:05 pm and makes a stop at Summerside Intermediate before turning around and going back to the Confederation Trail, ending at Greenfield.
Students can join the bicycle bus anywhere along the route.
For changes in the bicycle bus departure time, or for more information, please visit www.bikingforbreakfast.com or call Ken Trenholm at 888-3878
Last Updated on Friday, 02 October 2009 17:43
Bicycle Bus Announces Week # 2 Award Winners
Written by Ken Trenholm
Sunday, 20 September 2009 19:58
The Summerside Bicycling Bus announced last week's bicycle-to-school winners today. Here are some photos and below the photos are our award recipients.
HEALTHY START AWARD
The Subway Healthy Start Award, presented to the top Summerside classroom with the highest participation in the Bicycle Bus program, went to Mme. Marie-Ann Roy's Grade 5 French Immersion at Elm Street.
This Grade 5 class was lead by the following children who made regular trips back and forth to school on the bicycle bus: Randy Corkum and Alysha Trenholm. The class will be receiving a free Subway healthy snack this coming week.
THE MEDICINE SHOPPE TOP CYCLIST AWARD
This award is presented to the top rider in all participating schools. The prize is a monetary prize which is held in trust until the duration of the project. At the end of the project, some riders will have "earned" enough to purchase a new bike for next Spring.
The Top Bicycle Bus Riders per participating school for last week are as follows:
SIS (Brianna Corkum, Grade 7)
Elm Street (Randy Corkum and Alysha Trenholm, all Grade 5)
Greenfield (Austin Trenholm, Grade 3)
**Randy is pictured above**
HEART & STROKE FOUNDATION TOP SCHOOL AWARD
This award is presented to the Summerside school with the highest participation in the Bicycle Bus program. For the second week in a row, the honour went to Elm Street Elementary.
Elm Street School made 22 total student trips during the week, followed by Summerside Intermediate School that had 10, and Greenfield that had eight.
MACQUEEN'S BICYCLE SHOP BENEFITS OF CYCLING PRIZES
The MacQueen's Bicycle Shop offers weekly prizes to the students - providing students with bicycle-related items that will encourage their participation, increase their safety, and serve as a motivation for others to participate. Friday is prize day.
ABOUT THE BICYCLE BUS
The Bicycle Bus is a concept that cycling to school can be both fun and safe for children and includes the supervision of at least one adult (parent, grandparent, community member) at all times and will be running until the end of October. The Bicycle Bus arrives at Greenfield at 8:15 am for morning depature along the Confederation Trail and makes stops at Elm Street, SIS, Parkside, and TOSH.
At the end of the day, the Bicycle Bus departs Elm Street at 3:05 pm and makes a stop at Summerside Intermediate before turning around and going back to the Confederation Trail, ending at Greenfield.
Students can join the bicycle bus anywhere along the route.
The following are the totals for the Bicycle Bus project:
- total days the bus was running (8 days)
- 82 trips were made by the students;
- covering a total group distance of 205.5 km;
- spending a total of 20 hr 30 min cycling;
- burning a collective 3,116 calories; and
- reducing the C02 in the air by car emissions by 0.0575 tonnes.
For changes in the bicycle bus departure time, or for more information, please visit www.bikingforbreakfast.com or call Ken Trenholm at 888-3878
There are no questions or details too small. We have the answers to many of your questions. We even have the answers to questions you have not asked (yet). And, if we don't have the answer, we will make one up very quickly and post it online to share. View our BFBC Rider Handbook.
Volunteer Handbook
Learn more about how you can help by volunteering for as little as two hours or as long as the full day by following this link to the Volunteer Handbook.
Bicycle Bus
Ken and his daughter, Alysha, have started up a Bicycle Bus in September 2009. Follow this link to learn about the Bicycle Bus, what it is, and how you can help. View the Bicycle Bus Info Page.
Bicycle Bus Totals
Trips completed: 60 Distance per Trip: 2.5 km Total Kids Riding: 10 Total Trips by Kids: 342 Total Distance by Kids: 856 km Total Trips by Parents: 67 Total Kid Ride Time: 85 h 30 m Total Kid Calories Burned: 12,920 Total CO2 reduction: 0.23842 ton Average time per trip: 15 minutes
Grade Leaders Total Number of Trips Elm Street (Grade 5): 160 SIS (Grade 7): 60 Greenfield (Grade 3): 56 Elm Street (Grade 6):45 Kindergarten: 22
130 Prince Edward Island 30 Nova Scotia 25 New Brunswick 12 Ontario 5 Quebec 3 Newfoundland and Labrador 3 New York 3 British Columbia 2 Alberta 2 Connecticut 1 North Carolina 1 Vermont 1 Pennsylvania 1 Non-North American State 1 Washington
1,507 More Kids Eating
That is right, since the inception of BFBC, 1,507 more children per year are eating breakfast!
2004-05: 1,645 children 2005-06: 1,965 children 2006-07: 2,188 children 2007-08: 2,862 children 2008-09: 3,152 children
HEALTHY START AWARD
Ken and his daughter, Alysha, have started up a Bicycle Bus in September 2009. Follow this link to learn about the Bicycle Bus, what it is, and how you can help. 
130 Prince Edward Island
30 Nova Scotia
25 New Brunswick
12 Ontario
5 Quebec
3 Newfoundland and Labrador
3 New York
3 British Columbia
2 Alberta
2 Connecticut
1 North Carolina
1 Vermont
1 Pennsylvania
1 Washington