Trike-a-thon is a special program developed by ALSAC, St. Jude's fund-raising arm. It teaches children riding safety tips while helping to continue St. Jude's efforts of eradicating childhood catastrophic disease.

The Trike-a-thon is a week long activity that involves preschoolers, their parents and teachers. Children learn the concepts of riding toy safety during the week, culminating in a ride where they exercise the safety rules they have learned. In addition to learning how to stay safe, the children also learn about helping others because they know that their hard work earning sponsorships from friends and family is helping raise funds for St. Jude.

And while Trike-a-thons go on throughout the year, one of the biggest times of year for the event is during the Week of the Young Child.

The Week of the Young Child is an annual celebration sponsored by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC), the world's largest early childhood education association, with more than 100,000 members and a network of nearly 450 local, state and regional affiliates.

The purpose of the Week of the Young Child is to focus public attention on the needs of young children and their families and to recognize the early childhood programs and services that meet those needs. Each year, thousands of member child care centers utilize the St. Jude Trike-a-thon as their focus during this important week.

"What I have been told by many coordinators is that the Trike-a-thon's dual lessons of safety and helping others make it a perfect fit for the week," said Dot Xiques, senior program supervisor of the Trike-a-thon. "Also, because their students' parents are involved in the program, it is a perfect outreach for their center to educate the public on the needs of trike and riding toy safety while sharing the story of St. Jude."

The actual week moves from year to year, but the number of centers that are committed to holding their Trike-a-thon event that week has continued to grow. During this year's Week of the Young Child, which was held April 12-16, thousands of Trike-a-thons took place.

"St. Jude is fortunate to have so many centers that participate in the Trike-a-thon program," said Marshall Kleiser, director of Volunteer Support. "We feel that while the program helps raise funds for St. Jude, it also benefits the children who are participating by teaching them some of the safety rules of riding. And that resonates with the ideal of our founder Danny Thomas that "no child should die in the dawn of life."

Es otra posibilidad... suerte!! :o)

Con las terminaciones -a-thon quieren hacer una analogía con marathon. Creo que en español, triciclotón no suena mucho a maratón. A mí personalmente me suena a ciclotrón, que es un tipo de acelerador de partículas, cosas del oficio ;)
Yo cambiaría la -o- por una a, y creo que fonéticamente el efecto está mejor conseguido. Saludos :)