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A senior Toronto cop is once again planning push himself to his limits for a good cause.

With his latest challenge, Push for Literacy, Toronto Police Supt. Heinz Kuck plans to push a weighted sled through the city for 3 km to raise money and awareness for the refurbishment of the Dovercourt Boys and Girls Club’s library and literacy program.

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“I’ve always thought reading and literacy is a game changer,” the 11 Division commander told the Toronto Sun recently. “I’m a true believer in knowledge is power.”

Kuck said his ultimate goal is to “put a book in as many kids’hands as possible.”

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The 40-year veteran will be 58 on June 16 when he crouches down behind the sled, weighted initially with 100 pounds, and pushes off from his division at 2054 Davenport Rd.

“At every 0.5 kilometre increment, I will stop and youth from the club will then speak on hardships in life, struggles they face, the dangers of crime, and symbolically from those experiences, I will add weight to the sled,” Kuck explained. “I want to show how this sheer weight and pressure relates to our society, where conditions shape the life of a child.”