NASSAU, Bahamas -- Kids of all ages brought out their riding toys last Friday at the Sandals Foundation sponsored Trike-A-Thon Bahamas in aid of the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
The young participants, who attend Tambearly School and the Lyford Cay International School, participated in the annual St. Jude trike-a-thon tradition, which consists of a week-long curriculum covering riding-toy safety for day care centers and pre-schools across the United States and in the Bahamas.
The proceeds from this year's registration fee and donations are still being collected and tallied and will go directly to St. Jude, where several Bahamian children have received and are receiving treatments for varying health issues.
Joining a list of more than 7,000 trike-a-thon events in aid of St. Jude Hospital - located in Memphis, Tennessee - the Bahamas Trike-a-thon was first held in Nassau in 2011. Since then, the Sandals Foundation-sponsored trike-a-thon has raised more than US$28,000.
"No family ever pays for the care their child receives (including travel, room & board for family members). Worldwide community events like Trike-A-Thon contribute significantly to the whopping US$1.8 million in daily operating fees that it takes to care and find cures for the sickest children in the world," said lead Trike-A-Thon Bahamas organizer, Stanja Seivright.

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