Cycling Without Age
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Cycling Without Age

It's simple: a group of volunteers from Oporto want to ride with elderly people around the city on adapted bicycles. And to do that, they need you.

  • 5007

    raised

    100% of 5 000€

    32 backers

  • 31/01/2018

    Expired on

  • Completed

    This project has been successfully funded

It's simple: a group of volunteers from Oporto want to ride with elderly people around the city on adapted bicycles. And to do that, they need you.

We are a group of Rotarians full of desire to bring to Portugal a project that already makes happy people in more than 30 countries. It's called Cycling Without Age and what it does is to allow the elderly to ride in extraordinary vehicles: Danish bicycles that carry a rider and two elderly people, with electric motor and lift access platform. They even bring a warm blanket to keep your legs warm and a weatherproof cover for rainy days. We are fortunate to have many friends in carehomes and day centers just waiting to ride with us, eager to tell us their stories and feel the wind in their hair. To buy this bike so special we need 5000€. With this money we know that we will do more than just pedaling: we will be adding to the lives of these people movement - a dimension that aging has taken away from them. We will allow them to feel more integrated, let them know that they  are still part of a community, part of their city.

With a tour we will be saying that we like them, that we respect them, that they belong.

Donate if you can and please share this campaign. We guarantee that every gesture of yours will make a difference.

Thank you for being here, for being who you are and for doing what you do.

Pedalar Sem Idade

About the author

We are a rotary club with about eight years of existence in the city of Porto with a wide experience in the field of solidarity. We have already taught computer science to the elderly in the past, and the pleasure of working with this very special population still moves us. We want to implement this project because it serves our mission to help others, because its value has been widely validated in other countries and because it's essence is exactly what we were looking for:

1. It is positive: strong impact on the pilot, the passengers and the community that sees us;

2. It is healthy: pedaling feels good, a bike ride feels better (especially to passengers with less mobility);

3. It is sustainable: all we need is a bicycle, our will and human strength;

4. It is eco friendly: we will not produce smoke, we will produce smiles and pink cheeks;

5. It is collaborative: alows us to enlarge our group of committed volunteers.

Pedalar Sem Idade

Budget and due dates

Bicycle - 5000€

  • Invest with
    5€ or more

    Acknowledgment

    Acknowledgment and mention in social networks. The name of each of the contributors will be a mention of thanks on facebook and at www.pedalarsemidade.pt.

    16 backers

  • Invest with
    25€ or more

    Mention in the film "O Porto with the wind in the hair"

    We will mention your name aloud in the movie that we will make with images of the launch and the first trips made. We promise it will be special.

    2 backers

  • Invest with
    50€ or more

    Launching ceremony invitation

    On this day you can see the bike in action, meet the riders and some of our young passengers. And because it will be a party, we will toast of course!

    1 backer

  • Invest with
    100€ or more

    Let's ride together?

    A ride with you and one of our passegers and you will never be the same again. Proudly unkempt and heart full!

    14 backers

  • Invest with
    5000€ or more

    A bike with your name/brand on it

    Your name, or your companys name, very visible on the bicycle and in all the publicity initiatives of Pedalar Sem Idade. A very special baptism!

    No backers yet. Be the first one!

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Fri, 09/03/2018 - 12:15

Payout completed

The raised funds have been transferred to the campaign owner

31/01/2018

Campaign ended

The campaign successfully raised the initial target

Campaign launched

07/12/2017

32 members of the PPL community
support this campaign

  • 28
    new backers

  • 4
    recurrent backers

  • 20
    anonymous backers

Meet the people helping this dream come true

  • Anonymous

    31/01/2018 - 14:25

    Excelente iniciativa

  • Anonymous

    31/01/2018 - 13:50

    Parabéns pelo projecto

  • Anonymous

    31/01/2018 - 12:23

    Muitos Parabéns pela iniciativa!

  • Anonymous

    31/01/2018 - 12:12

    Magnífico projeto!

  • Tania Pimenta

    29/01/2018 - 11:16

  • Anonymous

    25/01/2018 - 17:11

    Grande projeto! Vamos todos alcançar a meta e apoiar esta causa!

  • Anonymous

    25/01/2018 - 16:42

    A pedalar se vai ao longe

  • Anonymous

    25/01/2018 - 16:39

    Pedalar = Passear = Viver +

  • Joana Ferreira

    25/01/2018 - 15:48

    Vamos todos apoiar este projeto!

  • Anonymous

    24/01/2018 - 14:03

    Força ! Pedalai !

  • Anonymous

    24/01/2018 - 10:57

    Espero cruzar-me brevemente com esta bicicleta!

  • Anonymous

    24/01/2018 - 10:55

    Espero que o objetivo seja alcançado pois a causa é meritória!

  • Anonymous

    24/01/2018 - 10:54

    Um pequeno contributo para uma enorme iniciativa! Parabéns!

  • Anonymous

    24/01/2018 - 10:52

    Grande Projeto! Condenado ao sucesso!

  • Anonymous

    24/01/2018 - 10:13

    Cabelos ao vento até para carecas. Gosto.

  • Sara Fonseca

    02/01/2018 - 12:55

  • MultiPPLicador

    22/12/2017 - 15:03

    Obrigado pela divulgação!

  • maria.joao.correia@mindera.com

    21/12/2017 - 20:25

    Toca a pedalar por esta causa!

  • Anonymous

    21/12/2017 - 20:17

    Excelente ideia! Espero que consigam!

  • Rotary Clube Porto Portucale NG

    21/12/2017 - 12:27

    Bom futuro