A few lucky students at 17 schools throughout Pinellas County were given bikes today as part of the Horace Mann Insurance 'Bike for Books' program. 

The program, according to a news release from the Pinellas County School District, encourages reading by giving student an opportunity to win a bike. 

For every five books that a student read, they were given an entry to the bike drawing. 

According to a news release, there is a drawing for each semester at participating schools with one bike for a girl and one bike for a boy.

Starting at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, representatives from Horace Mann Insurance and the school district visited 17 Pinellas County schools including:  

• Tarpon Springs Elementary
• Oldsmar Elementary 
• Dunedin Elementary 
• Sandy Lane Elementary 
• Skycrest Elementary 
• Eisenhower Elementary 
• Belleair Elementary 
• Ponce De Leon Elementary 
• Ridgecrest Elementary 
• High Point Elementary 
• Pinellas Park Middle School
• Fairmount Park Elementary
• Melrose Elementary
• Sanderlin Elementary 
• Maximo Elementary 
• Lakewood Elementary
• Woodlawn Elementary

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