WEYBURN — The Weyburn Police Service and the Weyburn public library partnered with Weyburn’s new Canadian Tire associate owner Brendan Burns for the city-wide bicycle rodeo on July 3.
Brendan, through Canadian Tire, donated decorations for the bike decorating station, and five bicycles as prizes for children who completed the rodeo. He also kindly gifted a bicycle to a child who did not own one.
In addition, the Weyburn Police Association gave out numerous prizes to participants in the rodeo, which featured 14 stations on the sidewalk loop around Jubilee Park.
Canadian Tire was invited to promote the Jumpstart program. Jumpstart helps kids overcome financial and accessibility barriers to sport and recreation in an effort to provide inclusive play for kids of all abilities.
Jumpstart’s mission is to enrich the lives of kids in need through sport and physical activity. Brendan had a few of his staff join him to hand out information and swag bags.
“This was an important piece for us, along with Beth Resling joining to promote Kidsport,” said Const. Melinda Mintenko, one of the organizers of the bike rodeo for the Weyburn Police Service.
Both these organizations are important for the youth in the community. It is important for everyone to know you can access these groups, if you have financial needs and feel as though your children cannot get involved in activities in the community.
Mintenko noted that Burns did not seem to stop smiling as he met almost 140 cyclists who toured the course and many of their guardians too.
