Wanted: Riders for the Biggest Bike Relay in the World

Accu-Chek Cyclebetes picks up where the Team H2V left off.
The torch has been passed.
The ride continues – and like the ride by Team H2v, it’s BIG.
As a matter of a fact, it will become the biggest bike relay in the world, and you can get involved.

This relay will consist of a core group of teams from each of the 8 provinces Accu-Chek Cyclebetes will cross. The key to this relay is that it will be accomplished on one tandem bicycle and each tandem team will consist of 1 adult rider and 1 youth whose life has been touched by juvenile diabetes. Teams will pass the Accu-Chek Aviva Nano blood glucose meter (The Cyclebetes baton) to the next team at each provincial border.

No we’re looking for you!
Join the ride. We’ve organized peloton rides, distances ranging between 30km – 150km, across the country with smaller 2-3km kids rides in Halifax, Mississauga, Vancouver, and Victoria.
Take a moment, take on a new challenge, and sign up for one of our rides here: http://www.cyclebetes.com/participate/participate.php?pageID=34

We’d love to have you on our team! Know someone else that might be interested, please share it with them.
Help us continue the legacy to Deliver on a Promise. Cure Juvenile Diabetes

Have a question about the ride or one of the events – feel free to fire me an email at megan@cyclebetes.com

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Team H2V attracted hundreds of subscribers to this blog by providing interesting, relevant and inspirational posts. Through the Accu-Chek Cyclebetes Blog, our team is dedicated to continuing their legacy and making it worth your while to bring us into your lives.

Please follow the link to see what we've put together, and, if you are interested or inspired, please subscribe....we'd love to have you along for the ride!

Accu-Chek Cyclebetes: The Biggest Bike Relay in the World.
Delivering on a Promise. Cure Juvenile Diabetes.

Put YOUR own "Spin" on Things

The first Accu-Chek Cyclebetes Spin-a-thon kicks off this month at Dr. Charles Best Secondary School in Coquitlam, BC. Since Best, together with Sir Frederick Banting discovered insulin, it was very important to the school to get involved.

One of the things that impressed us the most is that when our proposed Spin-a-thon format didn't work for them, the Staff and Students at Best came to us with an alternate proposal. We wholeheartedly accepted their proposal and love the "spin" they've put on things.

Instead of a 24-hour continuous event, which didn't work for them, the Charles Best Spin-a-thon will take place over five days from February 9-13, at the school. The event is being organized by a grade nine leadership team and will take place each day during school hours in the main hall. There will be five teams - one for each grade 9-12, and one for teachers. When all is said and done, the bikes will have been spinning for 45 hours.

The organizers at Charles Best want to emphasize that Dr. Best and Dr. Banting sold the insulin formula for $1.00 (from the heart), therefore, their campaign is based on the theme 'From the Heart' and will focus on what students and staff can do 'from the heart' to give back.

We love the idea of schools putting their own spin on things so, by all means, if our standard Lap-a-thon or Spin-a-thon format doesn't quite work for your school, please come to us with your version. We know it will be great!

For further information about our school programs, please email Cheryl Wilson-Stewart- cheryl@cyclebetes.com

Accu-Chek Cyclebetes School Spirit!!

Accu-Chek Cyclebetes is encouraging YOU to find your School Spirit!

If you are one of the many people who are looking for ways to help us out, but aren't quite sure how, we have an idea...

Which secondary school do you (or did you) attend? Do you know anybody who attends or works at a secondary school?

You can help us, and make a difference, by telling a high school - the principal, a teacher, the student council - about Accu-Chek Cyclebetes Spin-a-thons...an amazing way to bring health, wellness, leadership and a community together to support the JDRF.

If they are interested in finding out more, please email their contact information to Cheryl Wilson-Stewart, our Director of School Initiatives, at cheryl@cyclebetes.com.

Thank you all for helping to make it happen!

Accu-Chek Cyclebetes - Doing something BIG!

A message of hope and inspiration

“Do something….something BIG… that hasn’t been done.”

Those were the words that fueled Team H2V.
The 5 man cycling team, who in September 2007, cycled across Canada at break neck speed, raised close to 1,000,000 for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation and netted a Guinness World Record.
Team H2V is currently featured - on page 9 - in the recently released Guinness World Records 2009.
Check it out:
http://www.cyclebetes.com/media/media.php?pageID=45

Accu-Chek Cyclebetes is the Legacy of Team H2V.
Those same, simple words guide our efforts today.
To effect positive change we must push beyond the boundaries of what we know, do more than we think we can and always believe anything is possible.

Please join us for Accu-Chek Cyclebetes: the biggest bike relay in the world!

“Do something…something BIG…that hasn’t been done.”

Happy Holidays and Best Wishes!

Update on Schools

We have begun a Cyclebetes Spin-a-Thon FAQ feature on the website.
It will be updated regularly so check often!
http://www.cyclebetes.com/schools/schools.php?pageID=80

The first Secondary Spin mentor forum will be announced shortly.

We are working hard to get as many schools involved in this amazing opportunity as possible.
Response has been wide spread from Vancouver Island to New York State!

If your school is considering hosting an event, please register so that we can support you and the school's needs and ensure you receive all updates and news!

Secondary Spin-a-Thon registration - http://www.cyclebetes.com/schools/schools.php?pageID=53

Elementary Lap-a-Thon registration – http://www.cyclebetes.com/schools/schools.php?pageID=65

Some very exciting irons are in the fire that will yield fantastic-amazing-awesome announcements in January.

Stay tuned!

Accu-Chek Cyclebetes Lap-a-Thons

Cyclebetes 2009 – Students get Active and Build Socially Responsible Values
Elementary School Lap-a-Thon

Attention Elementary Administrators
This is an extraordinary opportunity for your students! Cyclebetes 2009 is an exciting, multi-level cycling event benefiting the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF). It will be launched in Canada, the US and Australia in November 2008. The Cyclebetes Elementary Lap-a-Thon is a program that has been carefully developed to provide an opportunity for physical activity and a fun, interactive values education platform.

Canadian elementary students:
Get Active
Get Moving
Get Healthy
Build Community
Develop Socially Responsible Values
Learn about Candian Heroes and Canadian History

Take a sneak peek at The Cyclebetes Lap-a-Thon Educator Guide & Tool Kit:
http://www.cyclebetes.com/schools/img/page23/Cyclebetes_Elementary_Guide%20front%20page.pdf

Cyclebetes Elementary Lap-a-Thon offers full support to schools:
Cyclebetes Elementary Lap-a-Thon Educator Guide and Tool Kit
Online forums for Teachers
The Cyclebetes National Support Team a mouse click or phone call away!

Please take the time to review the program. We hope you will see the value of participating in this extraordinary event.

If you would like to register your school or have questions please contact:
Cheryl Wilson – Stewart - Cyclebetes Director of School Initiatives
cheryl@cyclebetes.com

Find out more about Cyclebetes 2009.
www.cyclebetes.com

Please pass this on to anyone you know that might help spread the word.