Wilmington-Andover PMC Kids Ride is May 22

WILMINGTON, MA - There's still time to sign up for your child to participate in this year's Wilmington-Andover PMC Kids Ride being held in Wilmington on May 22.

To sign up you can visit the ride's Facebook page here and click on the sign up button at the top of the page.

This year's format will be as follows:

• Kindergarten through grade three will ride from 9-9:45 a.m.
• Grades four through six will ride from 10-11 a.m.
• Tykes on Trikes will still be held on the tennis courts from 9-10 a m.

The event is held rain or shine. Pre-registration and packet pick up day is Saturday, May 21, from 9-11 a.m. at the Boutwell School in Wilmington.

This is the 11th year of the event. In 2015 it raised more than $12,000. The ride will continue to be headquartered at the Boutwell Elementary School in Wilmington. Organizers say they are hoping for 200 children, pre-kindergarten through sixth grade, to ride continuous loops beginning by the Boutwell Elementary School, heading down Carter Lane, continuing past the Wilmington Middle School and West Elementary School grounds then returning back to the Boutwell (approximately one mile).

The children will ride the course as many times as they can in the allotted time. We are changing the format a bit this year. Children can stop whenever they want, and/or take short breaks and get back on the course as long as time permits for their age group.

There will be free face painting, music, and refreshments during the ride.

The PMC Kids-Wilmington Ride was started by Sue Hendee and Carolyn Priem, and has raised more than $150,000 to help fight cancer.

Sue is a 26 year PMC rider and a physical education teacher in Wilmington. Carolyn’s son was treated at the Jimmy Fund Clinic and is now a healthy high school student. Four years ago the organization welcomed Sheila Salois as another coordinator who has worked diligently to bring in Andover riders. Sheila is a physical education teacher at Andover High School.

Riders who turn in their $15 registration fee and raise an additional $25 will receive a PMC Kids t-shirt, water bottle, and "goodie” bag.

To help reach their goal of raising $18,000 this year, organizers will be rewarding kids who do a fabulous job with fundraising. Items from the Pan-Mass Challenge organization will be raffled off to those raising additional funds. In order to enter the raffle for free prizes, riders must raise a minimum of $25 above the registration fee. The more money they raise, the more chances they get to win the raffles!

A special prize from the Pan Mass Challenge organization will be given to "Heavy Hitters” who raise $250 or more, and the PMC will have a different prize for our most successful fundraisers who reach the "Breakaway" level of $700+ raised.