Our BIG Challenge to help children in need!
We're taking on The Smith Family Challenge 2026 to help children in need to break the cycle of disadvantage through education.
Over 2 days our team will run, mountain bike and kayak over 100km through the course to reach the finish line.
It's going to be TOUGH! But the hard work will all be worth it so that we can help kids in need with their education.
In Australia, 1 in 6 children are growing up in disadvantaged homes, where even the basics in life are hard to come by.
But supporting their education is the key to breaking this cycle!
Your donation will give these kids the essentials they need like school books, bags, uniforms, shoes and extra help at school.
Thanks for your support!
So far this year, our team has helped provide:
356
School Essentials Packs
87
reading buddies and books
98
children with their education
Our Achievements
Thank you to our Sponsors
$20k
Pellegrino Family Donation Match
$12.04k
Allegra Spender
Good luck!
$10k
Frizell Family Match
$5k
Australian Survivor Watch Party
Great night for a great cause
$3.52k
Jessica Steiger-thorpe
Dear Mark, Raising $33k for The Smith Family’s education thematic last year was such a great result and we hope you get there again in this milestone here for you. Just in case we can’t get to your birthday celebrations, we are thrilled to gift you this little bit extra. From our family to yours with Love, Jessica, Jack & Nico
$3.5k
Kay & Burton
All the best Jason! Well done on supporting a great cause once again. From the Team at Kay & Burton
$2.04k
Mark Capps
Matched by Canva
$2.04k
Angela&joe Pellegrino
Great cause! Best wishes to the whole team
$2k
Jason Pellegrino
$2k
Richard Skimin
$2k
Michael Frizell
$2k
Richard Cooney
$2k
Mark Capps
$1.43k
Bianca Spender
Great work mark excited to support you
$1.43k
Tdm Growth Partners
Dear Mike - wishing you all the best for the challenge and raising funds for such an important cause. All the best, from TDM Growth Partners Team
$1.04k
Marshall White Real Estate
Terrific cause and fantastic effort. Good luck Jason and team
$1.04k
Michael Milne
Good luck Jason! Enjoy that paddle
$1.04k
Kim
All the best supporting a wonderful cause.
$1.04k
Mario Marte
Way to go Mike!
$1.04k
Paul & Olivia
Better late than never
$1.04k
Daniel Petre
$1.04k
Andrew Mckillop
A walk in the park after your training regime! Great work!
$1.04k
Mrs Bojangles
Keep up the great work Mike
$1.04k
Jellis Craig Foundation
On behalf of Andrew McCann and the Jellis Craig Foundation we wish you all the best for the challenge.
$1,000
Dan White
$1,000
M & C
$1,000
Neil Garfinkel
Good luck!
$734
Ben & Linda Oliver
Awesome effort!!
$734
Anonymous
$696
Simon Griffiths
Well done!
$696
Alice Tillett
$528
Andrew Coronis & Karuna Mazzocchi
$528
Andrew Gregerson
Go Jason!
$528
Kon Stathopoulos
Well done, Jason, on such a great initiative!
$528
Nick Falloon
$528
Shan Kanji
Great work for a great cause
$528
Emily & Andy
Go Mark 🙌
$528
Marty Switzer
$528
Jake And Maggie Kilgallon
Good luck uncle Mike
$528
Craig Blair
go skipper - sorry I cant make it. Lead them to victory again
$528
Craig Blair
go at it Mike. We are expecting back to back success
$528
Brent Mcgoldrick
best of luck defending the crown!
$500
Brad Forster
Wishing you all the best for this years challenge.
$500
Peter And Yvette Mobbs
Great initiative Mike and an excellent cause. I think I'd prefer to see Pet Circle v Domain or Mike v Jason but this is pretty good;) Hope it goes really well.
$500
Rob Mactier
Well done Jason !! Pressure is on!!
$500
Chris Devlin
Well done for the last three years. Good luck with this one.
$434
Henry Ludlam
Wahoo - target hit! Keep up this amazing challenge every year so good to see - enjoy!
$422
Jenny And Michael Capps
Good Luck!! Hope all goes well xx
$360
Justin Cohen
$264
David Baxby
Great cause
$264
Robert Nason
Great work for a great cause, Jason
$264
James Cooper
Best of luck Jase.
$264
Laing+simmons Corporation
Great work Jason. L+S are cheering you on from the sidelines!
$264
Dedee
Enjoy the challenge!
$264
Rhys Williams
Good luck Jase!
$264
Peter Williams
$264
William Owens
Good luck Jason.
$264
Neil Tolaney
Much love, brother!
$264
John Cunningham
Keep up the great work Jason
$264
Lucas Shipway
$264
Adrian O’connor
Good luck with the 100km+ great cause!
$264
Rob Shmalo
Keep up the great work! The whole world is cheering you on!
$264
Sheridan Emerson
Well done Mark!
$264
Molly & Jason Gellert
Good luck!
$250
Germaine
All the best Team Pet Circle Domain!
$250
Catriona Mcgregor
Good luck Jason - so great that you're doing this again this year!! Wishing you all the best.
$250
Sameer Kassam
Go Team Pet Circe Domain!
$250
Scott Beaumont
$250
Iain Morris
Great stuff MIke - good luck!
$250
Maisie
Go, go, go Mark!
$250
Sally Box
Bravo 👏👏
$220
Vuly Play
$211
Brendan Mulheron
Good luck Jason, hope the achilles holds up! (currently nursing a snapped one)
$206
Lisa Carty
Well done & good luck today.
$200
Damien Elias
Good stuff Mikey!
$200
Damien Elias
Go Jason and Team Pet Circle
$200
Iain Morris
Go well Jason and team - looking forward to seeing the photos!
$200
Pooyan Asgari
Go Go Jason!
$185
Watch Party
$158
Dani Harmer
$158
Jp
Pressure is on to go back to back
$158
Anonymous
$158
Annie Lam
Worthy course, good luck!
$158
Alison Harrington
$150
Suzie Shaw
Good luck Jason!
$116
Sebastien Arrue
Go Jason!
$116
Reika Phung
Good luck Jason!!!
$116
Aisling Finch
Good on you Jason!
$116
Gab Juel
Well done Jason, and best of luck.
$116
Andrew Levy
Good luck Jas!
$116
Owen Young
Go for it Richard
$116
Bradley Brown
Go Jason!
$116
Bel Sinclair
Great cause- huge effort ! Best of luck Jason
$116
Charli Walters
Get it!
$116
Conrad Yiu
Good luck!
$116
Ewan Briggs
Great work Mark!
$116
Mark Buckman
You have always been such a great advocate of this important fundraiser and The Smith Family.
$116
Rosalind Tregurtha
Best of luck upon your return!
$116
Anuj Goel
Go Mike!
$116
Anonymous
$116
Karola
Go Mark! Great cause and effort again
$116
Claire Hatton
Awesome achievement Jas! Well done!
$116
Andrew Rechtman
Fantastic cause... and here´s hoping you can lead the team to a repeat victory this year !!!
$116
William Easton
Best of luck .
$116
Mm
Nice one, Mark!
$116
Serena Harvey
What an amazing challenge to complete for such a meaningful cause, wishing you all the best!
$116
Veronica Tebbitt
You can do it, Jason! And the team will be even stronger than last year, now that you're back! Best of luck to you all! Very inspiring to see.
$116
Ivan Lim
Great stuff Mike and team - Cheering you all on!
$116
Productedge.ai
Good luck out there Mike and team. I hope you smash through your fundraising target!
$116
Ac
$116
Anonymous
$116
Gilles Cardonnel
$116
Jess Spendlove
Good luck Jason!
$110
Simon Lewis
Good luck Richard - although I don't know how you're fitting this in with your survivor commitments (haha).
$110
Harry
Congrats Mark! Great effort.
$106
Fraser Mcleish
Good luck Jason and team Domain
$106
Adam Dixon
Go for it Jason, very inspiring!
$106
Cindy Wei
Dear Jase, so good to see you back in action this year! Cheers, Cindy
$100
George Georgiadis
Outstanding job Mike
$100
Michael Langford
Good luck!
$100
Chrisitan
Best of luck with the challenge! Christian & Jacintha
$100
Rob Ackermann
Congrats and well done!
$100
Dan Bucknell
Great effort Mark - good solid challenge and looks fun too! Great cause also. Good luck.
$66
Alina Azar
Photos please!
$66
Annie And Barny
Go Mark!
$66
Emma Seward
Good Luck Jason.. Fabulous cause.
$66
Alice Y
Go Jase!
$66
Rach
Awesome work Mark! Well done.
$66
Ishtar Vij
$66
Ishtar Vij
$66
Leisa
$66
Stephanie Jackson
Good work Jason! Good luck in this years challenge for a great cause!
$66
Kiana
Thanks for doing this!
$64
Acd
Love this initiative, all the sweaty best :)
$64
Xcelerate Health
Go you good thing!!
$54
Nina Miall
Amazing work, Capps. Good luck!
$54
Melissa
Well done Richard!
$50
Jez K
Best of luck Jase! May the fitness gods be on your side all the way to the finish line. Keep up the great work in making a difference for a great charity Mate! Jez K
$28
Alex S
Xcelerate sent me !
