Our BIG Challenge to help children in need!
We are taking on The Smith Family Challenge 2024! We will run, ride, paddle and navigate our way through the bush, over mountains and up rivers to complete the course.
Over 2 days we will cover more than 100km!!
It will be tough but the effort will all be worth it so that kids in need can break the poverty cycle.
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 the cycle of disadvantage.
Your donation will give children in need essentials like school books, bags, uniforms, shoes and the help they need to keep up at school.
Thanks for your support
So far this year, our team has helped provide:
339
School Essentials Packs
82
reading buddies and books
94
children with their education
Our Achievements
Thank you to our Sponsors
$15.02k
Geoff Kleemann
$10.02k
Allegra
Good luck to you all!
$5.02k
Leah Frizell
Great Cause.
$3.02k
Anonymous
$2.02k
J&a Pellegrino
Good luck to you all Great cause
$2.02k
Daniel Petre
$2k
Jason Pellegrino
$2k
Michael Milne
$2k
Mark Capps
$2k
Michael Frizell
$2k
Richard Skimin
$1.02k
Anonymous
$1.02k
Chris Spanos
I'm impressed that you have kept this up for so many years!
$1.02k
Michael Milne
$1.02k
Anonymous
$1.02k
Marshall White & Co Pty Ltd
Great cause, goodluck.
$1.02k
Ben Kilgallon
Good on you Mike, good luck
$1.02k
Paul Wilson
Well Done Richard!! Great effort for a great cause!
$1.02k
Kim & Scott
Congratulations Mark - an awesome feat!
$1,000
Tdm Charitable Foundation
Great effort Mike for an important cause. TDM Team cheering you on.
$1,000
Craig Blair
$1,000
Bianca Spender
Go mark yeahhhhh
$1,000
Kay & Burton
Well done Jason on again supporting a great cause! All the best from the Kay & Burton team
$1,000
Brad Forster
$1,000
Paul Newfield
Go Mark!
$900
Christine Holman
Richard, so proud of you. What a wonderful cause and thrilled to be supporting you and your team.
$750
Nelson Alexander Charitable Foundation
$680
Michael Julian Kunstler
$680
Anonymous
Good on you Richard for doing this!
$680
Anonymous
Well done. Great cause.
$661
Neil Tolaney
$661
Kristen Edmond
Great cause Michael. Don’t get lost!
$660
Anonymous
Good on you Mark for doing this
$519
Phd Media
$519
Andrew Mckillop
Great work Mike!
$519
Louie Psaroulis
Congrats on the results
$519
Brent Mcgoldrick
best of luck!
$519
Yarra Capital Management
$519
Nicholas Falloon
$519
Tom Butcher
If you make it without walking and it can be verified I will double the donation....... Good luck and good on you. I did this once and never again.
$519
Rk
Good luck Michael - great cause!
$519
Team Mam
Good luck Michael!
$505
Peter Horgan
Good luck Jason! Incredible effort for a great cause! Horgs
$500
Rob Mactier
$490
Anonymous
Go Mark!!
$400
Cameron Adams
I'm sure you'll port your epic fundraising abilities to an epic bush bash, Mark. Good luck!
$311
Jenny And Mike
Good Luck !! Hope all goes well.
$311
Campbell Ray
Smash it Richard.
$260
X
$260
Hyphen Health
Great work Richard! Great cause!
$259
Chris Devlin
$259
Ben Hawter
Good luck team!
$259
Gilles Cardonnel
$259
Sheridan Emerson
Good luck Mark!
$259
Matt Clayton
Go Jase!!!
$259
Peter Williams
Good luck Jason and team!
$259
Eva Skimin
Go well Richard. What a wonderful cause!
$259
Neil Pathak
Great stuff Michael. All the best for it!
$259
Emily & Andy
Go Mark & team! Good luck! Hope no Covid casualties this year 🤞
$259
Todd Carpenter
Good luck Mark! Sounds like a great cause.
$259
Joe Sofra
Thanks Mike for doing the hard work.
$259
Mike Thanos
Go well Jason and Team!
$259
Michael Harris
Great cause - good luck mate!
$259
Tina And Phil
Go Mark!! You should be cruising with all the training you have done! Have fun
$259
Rebecca Maslen Stannage
Great cause Michael!
$259
Adam Schwab
$259
John Cunningham
Love your dedication Jason
$259
Anuj Goel
Nice one mate
$259
Laura Golis
$259
Jolanta Masojada
Good luck and great work
$259
Colin Wu
Good luck mate!
$259
David Wickstrom
Break a leg.
$259
Rob K
$259
Frank K
Good luck and enjoy the experience!
$259
Anonymous
$259
Rob Shmalo
Thank you for standing up and supporting this wonderful wonderful cause.
$259
Graham Mirabito
good on you Jason and team for your ongoing support
$259
Alex Vynokur
Great cause, Richard !
$259
Jason Gellert
Good luck Rich - great cause
$259
Maximilian Bak
Fantastic effort, Mike! Best of luck!
$259
Trevor Bourne
Well done and good luck. Regards Trevor
$259
Sev Thomassian
Great to see you supporting such a great cause again this year Jason. Best of luck in the event!
$259
Andrew Wilson
Good luck Marky Mark!!!!!
$259
Sally Box
Thank you for raising money for such an important cause. Good luck!
$259
Dee Nhan
Good luck Richard!
$259
Amy & Phil
Best of luck.
$259
Michael Riches
Great event and great cause. Awesome effort Cheers Michael
$259
Adrian O’connor
Best of luck for the race and staying on course!
$259
James Cooper
Go hard Jase!
$259
Foucauld
Amazing effort Jason, well done! I’m excited to hear the stories of how it went!!
$259
Melanie Silva
Well done Jase!
$258
Rachel L
Very happy to support your bush adventure for a great cause
$258
Mark Buckman
Bravo Jason. Awesome cause.
$258
Karen Chan
Good luck!!
$258
Adam And Nikki Dixon
Awesome to see, go Skimmo!
$258
James Johnstone
$251
David Jones
Crush it
$251
Lisa Mcintyre
Way to go, Michael! Have fun out there, and don't overdo it! Jack and LIsa
$250
Utopian Fund
Well done!
$250
Sameer Kassam
Good luck Mikey! Great cause :)
$250
Silvia O
Good luck on this adventure!!
$250
Matt Stubbs
Good luck Skimmo
$250
Hugh W
Good on you mate
$250
Glen Butler
Great cause Michael. Good luck
$250
The Alignment Partnership
All the best for this year's challenge in support of such a great cause.
$250
Josh L
Good Luck on the day - remember, humans were born to run!
$250
Nick Ellsmore
$208
Catriona Mcgregor
All the best Jason - another year stronger!!
$208
Catriona Mcgregor
Nice one Michael!! Good luck with it.
$208
Gwilym & Emily Funnell
Go Richard - nice one.
$208
Tim Joyce
$208
Steve Hall
Go well Jason!
$208
Linda Oliver
Smash it Jase!
$208
Conrad Yiu
Good luck Mike!
$200
Henry, Christy, Jack And Grace
Great work for a fantastic cause - well done Mark and team!
$200
Rob
Good on you Mike - great cause!
$187
Sarah Skovron
You've got this!!!!
$156
Annie Lam
Well done Mark!!
$156
Abi Swift
Good luck!!
$155
Chantelle Robertson
Let’s go Jason!
$155
Dani Harmer
Great to see you go another year. Go Jason!
$151
Fraser Mcleish
$148
Anonymous
$145
Darren Macgregor
Well done Rich!
$145
Nic Barry
$145
Sally Mckay
Congratulations Mark - such an incredible achievement!!
$145
Rosalind Tregurtha
Good luck with the event! Great cause.
$145
Matthew Mclennan
Good luck, Mark!
$145
Alison Harrington
Go Mark !
$145
John Mcilroy
Good luck Mark should be a problem with all your training
$145
Emily Amos
All the best!
$145
Buchan’s
Great effort Mick
$145
Anuj Goel
Go Mike!
$145
Anonymous
Good luck!
$145
Berne Gibbons
$145
Samantha R
$145
Carly Daff
$145
John Wilson
All the best Jason.
$145
Anuj Goel
Great stuff Jason!
$145
Bravin Ragavan
See you there!
$145
Glenn Rids
Great work Mike!
$145
Maisie
Amazing, go Mark!
$145
Christopher Smith
$145
Lizzie Young
Good Luck Jason - so good to see you do this every year and I always find the race report highly entertaining.
$145
Anonymous
$144
Jackson A
lesgoooooooooooo
$144
Clovis Young
Good on you Mike. Good luck.
$144
Benjamin Jack
Go get em
$144
Natalie Micarone
Go Mikey and Team!
$144
Nicole Sheffield
Good luck Richard - Great cause!
$144
Adrian Lee
Good stuff Mike!
$141
Anonymous
So great to hear what you’ve been up to. We miss you guys, but all is okay with us in Swissy. Home in May and again July for Aus winter. Any chance you’ll ski in Smowy Mtns this year??
$141
Amy Spira
Nice one Jason - doing it for the kids. Good luck!
$141
Amy Spira
Go Richard! Proud of you for taking the plunge. Looking forward to hearing how it all goes!
$140
Aisling Finch
Good on you again this year Jason!
$104
Laurie Engelhardt
Awesome! This sounds like a great event and cause.
$104
Shane Watt
Great cause. Good luck Jason!
$104
G
$104
Lisa Carty
Good luck & have fun!
$104
Brendan Lyons
$104
Nicolette Rubinsztein
Go for it!!
$104
Chris Maher
Great effort Michael!
$104
Chris Maher
Great effort, Richard!
$104
Meaghan Bruce
Congrats Richard! Great cause.
$104
Nick Carah
Great work Jason
$104
Ben Wilson
Well done Michael.
$104
Alison Mackenzie
Good luck Michael!
$104
Christopher Curtain
$104
Andrew Ward
$104
Kennedy Associates
Way to go Richard! Great cause.
$104
By The Way Media - Jess Ridley
Go Richard!!
$104
Bradley Brown
Good work Jason.
$104
Richard Pearson
$104
Andrew Levy
Well done and good luck!
$103
Peter Sabine
$103
Anonymous
$103
Ben Wellek
Great cause, nice work!
$103
Graeme Smith
$103
Bevan G
Good luck!
$101
Batman
Good luck!
$100
Anonymous
$100
Tim Archer
Go Richard!
$100
James Mcclure
Best of luck, Jase!
$100
Derek Lichtensteiger
$100
Kevork Sahagian
Great initiative!
$100
Mat Saunders
$100
George
Onya Mike!
$100
Carl Pritchett
Let's for the next big goal!
$100
Rob Ackermann
Go well Richard and team! Great cause!
$100
Cindy Wei
Hey Jase, so awesome you're still going strong each year for such a worthy cause. The post race debrief is one of my favourite reads - look forward to hearing about how about it goes! Cheers, Cindy
$86
Guy
$86
Intelligent Foundation
$78
Anonymous
Good luck Jason
$73
Ben Lagoutte
Break a leg! (not literally)
$65
Jb
$63
Sam Macpherson
Great cause - have fun!
$63
Kareene Koh
Good luck and congrats on your 8th year!
$63
Peta Gilholme
Good Luck!
$63
Kerry Zhang
Great cause, best of luck Mark & team!
$63
Ag
$63
Sarah Cavanagh
Incredible effort for a wonderful cause.
$63
Ishtar
$63
Ishtar
$63
Trea Scott
Hope its a great day! Hope we come top 3!!!
$63
Jenny Addy
run fast brother.
$63
Chris Darby
Great effort, Jason and team!.
$63
Alice
Smashed it again Jase! Awesome work!
$63
Ewan
Great work Cappsy!
$63
Courtney Jackson
Good luck Jason and team!
$63
Rogerio Roldan
Go Jason!
$63
Tiff Wu
Congrats on 3rd place!
$63
Carl O'sullivan
Nice work mate, good luck!
$63
Megan Reid
This is amazing. Can’t wait to hear how well you do!
$63
Jeremy Milne
$63
Ada Tong
Great cause Jason! Good luck on the weekend.
$63
Anonymous
Good luck mate!
$63
Hugh O'sullivan
Best of luck!!!
$63
Simon Mcewen
Great work Jason, an amazing cause!
$63
Bec Haagsma
$63
David Ash
$63
Oaktree Talent Group
Great that you’re doing this race and for such a great charity I see you’ve reached your goal but something a little extra might go a long way. This is from Oaktree Talent Group
$63
Martin Perelman
Good Luck Mate. Hope all goes great!
$63
Ross Mcdonald
go well
$63
Nick
Good luck!
$63
Ben Odonnell
$63
Si Chen
Good luck Richard! What a challenge - look forward to hearing about it!
$63
Annie Lewin
$63
Bonnie Hutchison
Go for it Jason, what a fantastic initiative to support! Love it.
$63
Elliott Spira
Good on you Richard!
$63
Youngsoo Kim
This is amazing, good luck Richard!! Hope it all goes well and you complete it safely. You are an inspiration.
$63
Melissa Ironside
Good luck!
$61
Ben Mclean
$52
Thao Nguyen
Well done Richard, hope all is well!
$52
Michelle Bendschneider
Go well Richard!
$52
Andreas Olsen
$52
Mark Williams
$50
Mohil Asija
$50
Jez Kodomichalos
Best of luck Jase! A great cause and nice to see you continuing the charge 8 years on. Look forward to catching up soon, Jez
$50
Oliver Renton
$42
Elio
I know You can do it
$31
Kirsty
Good luck!!
$26
Wayne Howard
Good on you Richard. A great cause