More than 100 preschoolers, aged 3 to 5, who are participants in the “Readiness Program” at the New York Institute for Special Education (NYISE) raced their tricycles once again throughout the school halls for the school’s annual “Trike-a-Thon” fundraiser benefiting St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

 

The annual event took place this year at the school, located at Frampton Hall, 985 Astor Avenue in the Allerton section of The Bronx, on Wednesday, May 10.

From 9.30 a.m. to 12.30 p.m., the preschoolers, organized in different teams, put their feet to the gas, so to speak, raising money for a worthy charity, while also, according to the school’s representatives, demonstrating their gross motor skills.

 

Some of the students’ learned skills were put to use along the route, some of which included adhering to the display of a red stop sign.

 

According to NYISE representatives, NYISE employees and departments sponsored the preschoolers for their efforts on the day.

 

They said the money raised will be donated to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, which treats children with cancer and other catastrophic diseases.

 

NYISE, founded in 1831 as The New York Institution for the Blind, is one of the oldest and most respected schools in the nation, according to the school’s representatives, and provides specialized services for children with disabilities.

 

Located in the Bronx since 1924, NYISE representatives say the Institute provides quality programs for more than 250 students from New York City’s five boroughs, Westchester County and upstate New York, including more than 100 children from The Bronx, ages 3 to 5, who attend its preschool.

 

Click here to check out our story on last year’s event.