About 1,000 participants from Mount Pearl, Paradise and St. John’s made some noise at the Paradise Double Ice Complex Saturday for this year’s fundraiser. In a dark gym with loud, energy-inducing music, teams took part in one of eight 50-minute spin sessions led by GoodLife instructors and were treated to performances by youth groups onstage.
About 1,000 participants from Mount Pearl, Paradise and St. John’s made some noise at the Paradise Double Ice Complex Saturday for this year’s fundraiser. In a dark gym with loud, energy-inducing music, teams took part in one of eight 50-minute spin sessions led by GoodLife instructors and were treated to performances by youth groups onstage.
Lisa Burrows, executive director of the GoodLife Kids Foundation, said other communities have stepped up, but St. John’s has consistently been the biggest fundraiser.
“The goal this year is to raise $150,000,” she said Saturday. “They always have the most people. There is no party happening anywhere else like there is in St. John’s —but they are trying.”
After a million was raised last year across the country, this year’s national goal is $1.2 million.
The object of Spin4Kids is to use the money to promote physical activity for children. Some of the money is used for the GoodLife for Kids school program, which brings GoodLife coaches into schools to do fun fitness activities. More is donated to existing programs that offer ongoing physical activity for children with special needs; a recent local recipient was Easter Seals.
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