Edmonton bikeathon raises money for Make-A-Wish [Video]

Teddy Atkins and his family have never been on a plane before, but soon they’ll be flying to Florida thanks in part to hundreds of west-end high school students.

The seven-year-old boy, who was diagnosed with a rare form of bladder cancer soon after he was born, found out his Make-A-Wish wish is coming true at Jasper Place High School’s seventh annual Rebels With a Cause bikeathon.

“It’s amazing of them, the amount of work they have to probably put in for this,” Teddy’s father Chris Atkins told CTV News Edmonton on Thursday at the school.

“I can only imagine that the fundraising, the amount of money they raise is crazy as well.”

Teddy, who had surgery soon after he was born and has been cancer-free for six years — “perfectly healthy and alarming us to no end because he wants to play football,” says Chris — and his family …