# @loppetfoundation on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CAgWhD0HTXp
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/54378255-loppetfoundation-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2020-05-22T21:37:55.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** The Loppet Foundation (@loppetfoundation) — https://gondola.cc/loppetfoundation

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Our next Spirit of the Loppet Award goes to Mark Trumper for Inclusiveness.
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The Loppet defines “Inclusiveness” as “We believe that everyone should be able to live an outdoor active life, and we strive to share our passion for outdoor activity across individuals with differing abilities, as well as ethnic and economic lines.” .
As the Loppet’s Minne-Loppet partner at Pillsbury Elementary School, Mark has helped get hundreds of kids outside and on skis. The Minne-Loppet came to Pillsbury, a school with 80% students of color and 84% free and reduced lunch, in 2006.
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Mark retired from his position as an English Language Learner teacher last year, but has continued working with kids at the school, both with the skiing program and with Pedal Power, his effort to get kids out and biking in the city on sunny days, snowy days, and everything in between.
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Mark says, “I believe any child in Minneapolis can go anywhere in the city on a bike in any weather, year round. Half our students don’t own a bike. A third don’t know how to ride a bike at all when starting 4th grade. We take 4th graders who don’t know how to ride a bike in September and they end up doing a 17 mile ride in the winter. We did this at the 2016 Winter Cycling Congress in 2016 and again in 2018 for Super Bowl Live. We like to say first we learn to bike then we bike to learn. It all started by having the Minne-Loppet at Pillsbury then realizing that kids need to be learning outside year round. That was the catalyst for starting a biking program.”
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We agree with Mark - every kid in Minneapolis can be awesome on a bike or on skis. Your donations support the Loppet's work to bring opportunities for outdoor adventure to everyone.
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If you're able, please consider making a donation online at Loppet.org/Give (link in bio). #SpiritOfTheLoppet

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| Name | Username | Profile | Role |
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| The Loppet Foundation | @loppetfoundation | https://gondola.cc/loppetfoundation | Brand |
| Heidi MacIntyre | @heidlynn | https://gondola.cc/heidlynn | Marketing Manager |

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