The Free Riders REALM Annual Electric Bike-a-thon is a fundraiser in which 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students ride electricity-generating bikes and are sponsored for the total number of miles they ride over the course of one school quarter, with one grade riding per quarter. This program solves three sustainability problems facing this Berkeley public charter middle school: -High energy costs, averaging $10k per month -Lack of space for physical activity on campus -Low availability of financial resources We believe that this program has the potential to reduce REALM’s energy costs by as much as 80%, to conveniently provide a much needed means of physical activity for the students and faculty, and to create an additional revenue stream for the school that can be used to increase the overall quality of their academic experience.