D65 students, families and community members are riding and fundraising for more bike parking & pedal-power at our D65 middle schools, and a healthier future.
Join the District 65 Community Bike Ride & Fundraiser
On September 20, 2026, Climate Cycle and District 65 are inviting students, families, educators, neighbors, and community supporters to ride in the North Shore Century while helping raise $20,000 to expand bike parking and support hands-on, pedal-powered sustainability learning.
Earlier this year, Climate Cycle partnered with District 65 to deliver sustainability assemblies reaching more than 1,600 middle school students. This community fundraiser builds on that partnership by creating more opportunities for students to bike to school while bringing engaging sustainability experiences into our schools.
Participation involves two quick steps:
Register for the North Shore Century
Use one of the District Sign Up Codes:
D65GBT — 20% off the 12-mile Family Ride (Green Bay Trail)
D65NSC — 20% off the 25-, 50-, 62-, and 100-mile routes
Then create your fundraising page on Givebutter.
Not riding? You can still participate virtually by creating a fundraising page and helping us reach our goal and skipping the ride registration.
How to Participate
Register
Sign up for the North Shore Century using one of the District 65 discount codes.
D65GBT — 20% off the 12-mile Family Ride (Green Bay Trail)
D65NSC — 20% off the 25-, 50-, 62-, and 100-mile routes
Fundraise
Create a personal funraising page and invite others to support your ride!
Ride
Join us on September 20 and help build a healthier, more bike-friendly District 65.
Ready to Roll?
Whether you ride, fundraise, donate, or simply help spread the word, you’re helping create lasting opportunities for District 65 students.
Join us as we roll toward healthier schools, stronger communities, and a more sustainable future.
Climate Cycle’s Legacy
Climate Cycle has raised $750,000 through bike-a-thons, helping fund 12 solar panel installations in Chicago Public schools and a cornucopia of other sustainability projects in schools. The events and fundraising sources have been a melding of disparate communities, ranging from schools and community stakeholders to corporations.
Where STEM meets sustainability, movement and health.
Students deserve an education relevant to the future they will inhabit. Climate Cycle supports this by providing equipment and education to schools that bring personal and planetary sustainability to life. By exercising both body and mind, an experiential approach to learning is fostered that helps students better understand energy, climate, and what they can do to better the health of their earth and themselves.
ReGeneration Stations
What is a ReGeneration Sation? It’s a first of a kind pedal powered classroom consisting of bicycle generators powered by students that charge “Energy Banks” and run classroom appliances. Students get the chance to generate their own classroom’s electricity and understand exactly what it takes to bring clean energy to the world - all as part of the existing math and science curriculum.
Why Educate and Inspire ReGeneration?
More than anyone else alive today, this generation must bear the brunt of climate change. Climate Cycle equips students and schools with tools to help understand and address this challenge, while getting kids moving. We seek to help both people and planet regenerate.
ABOVE: NASA Timelapse animation of global temperature changes since 1880.
“I urge you all to participate in and support Climate Cycle.”
- Former US Secretary of Education Arne Duncan
Contact
Feel free to contact us with any questions.
Email
info@climatecycle.org