The Courier & Advertiser (Perth and Perthshire Edition)
Evie uses pedal power to help out good causes
East Neuk youngster cycles 100 miles and smashes fundraising target
A bicycle-mad youngster from Fife has used pedal power to raise a stack of cash to support three East Neuk charities.
Seven-year-old Evie Hughes, from Pittenween, smashed her own target of cycling 100 miles around the streets where she lives in just a month, raising an impressive £2,400 in the process.
The youngster had originally set herself a target of £500 to help East Neuk First Responders, East Neuk Community Emergency Planning Team and Anstruther Foodbank.
However, once word went round of Evie’s daily cycle around Balcastie Estate, neighbours were quick to dig deep in support of her charity challenge.
Mum Rachel said Evie had come up with the idea while celebrating her seventh birthday and having the stabilisers removed from her bike.
She said: “She set herself an ambitious target of 100 miles but give her her due she stuck to her task every day for a month.
“Once locals knew what she was trying to achieve, people came out to cheer her on every day, even making banners and encouraging her not to give up, which was amazing.”
Gillian Duncan from East Neuk First Responders said: “Evie really is a superstar setting herself such a challenge and then raising so much money.
“What she has done is raise vital funding that will save people’s lives and her family should be rightly proud of what she has achieved.”