Our BIG Challenge to help children in need!
This MARCH we are taking on The Smith Family Challenge 2025! We will run, mountain bike, kayak and navigate our way through the bush, over mountains and up rivers to complete the course.
Over 2 days we'll cover more than 100km!!
It's going to be tough but the effort will 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! (and wish us luck!)
So far this year, our team has helped provide:
282
School Essentials Packs
68
reading buddies and books
78
children with their education
Our Achievements
Thank you to our Sponsors
$12.02k
Allegra Spender
$6.02k
Leah
Well done!
$5.02k
Pet Circle
$3.32k
Stigma Health
Love your work Richard and team! Great cause.
$2.02k
Anonymous
$2.02k
Marks Capps Matched By Canva
$2.02k
Mark Capps Matched By Canva
$2k
Michael Frizell
$2k
Mark Capps
$2k
Jason Pellegrino
$2k
Richard Cooney
$2k
Richard Skimin
$1.31k
Daniel Petre
Super happy to support you, Michael.
$1.02k
Ben Kilgallon
Keep up the great work Mike and good luck
$1.02k
Bianca Spender
Go so exciting you are supporting this xb
$1.02k
Kim + Scott
Congratulations Mark! Amazing effort on another year's challenge.
$1.02k
Anc
Thanks Mike and team for getting in behind the Smith Family and supporting kids in need
$1.02k
Anonymous
$1.02k
Lucas Shipway & Sheridan Emerson
Go Mark - good luck from the Shipway/Emersons
$1.02k
Euan Prentice
Well done Richard & team!
$1,000
Blair Caffrey Foundation
Go Mike and Go the Dream team. Sorry I cant make it this yr!
$1,000
Christine Holman
Richard, Best wishes to you and your team. Thank you for your committment to support such a great cause. Inspiring for all us:) Christine
$1,000
Tdm Charitable Foundation
Huge effort Mike and team. Excellent organisation to support. TDM Team are cheering you on!
$739
Ned Moorfield
Good luck out there this weekend Mike! Great cause to be supporting. Happy to be helping you to hit your fundraising goal with this one :-)
$680
Richard Brown
I’m proud of you Rich.
$680
Brent Mcgoldrick & Jim Stewart
Good on you!
$680
Christian Hamilton
Good luck sounds like an amazing challenge
$680
Molly And Jason
Great work Mark!
$680
Kathleen
Best of luck with the challenge Richard!
$680
Paul Wilson
Great to see you doing the challenge again! Well done.
$680
Henry Lud
Let's go Mark 💪
$660
G
$516
Olivia
$516
Scimitar Trust
Good luck Richard
$516
Andrew Mckillop
Good work Mike and see you on the track!
$516
Lucas And Sheridan
$516
Chris Devlin
Mark (and Team), great achievement getting over the line.
$516
Anonymous
Go Mark Go!!
$516
Em & Andy
Big congrats Mark & Team! What an extraordinary effort 👏
$417
Nick Ellsmore
Good luck Richard!
$309
Lesli Berger
$288
Doron Kalinko
$264
Nick Hughes-jones
Go Richy he’s so fine
$264
Alexander Keach
Go Ricardo!!!
$264
Gwilym Funnell
Nice work.
$264
Andrew Palmer
$264
Tom & Libby
Nice one Rich
$264
John Skelley
All the best for your challenge. Hope you benefit from the tail winds coming your way! Cheers John and Loiee
$264
Graham Mirabito
Go coach Jason!
$264
Will Tomasetti
Get it Rich, good luck
$264
Paul Clarke
Great work Mark. Hope the weekend goes well.
$264
Jolanta Masojada
$264
Matt Stubbs
Good luck Richard
$264
Kemp Family
Well done Mark, another great expedition!
$264
Ben Hawter
Very happy to support this Mark
$264
Mike Smith
$264
Duncan Bullard
Very worthwhile bud!!!
$264
Matt Aspinall
$264
Richard Frizell
$264
Adrian O’connor
Good luck Mark!
$264
Tea Brown
You’ve got this!
$264
Maya Vanden Driesen
Dear Richard What a great cause to support and you are really putting in the hard yards!! It has been a pleasure to work with you-best of luck with everything in the future!
$264
Kevin O'hara
Don't die big fella... You got this!
$264
Simon Pothecary - Frontier Pets
Hey Richard , best of luck with the event . Cheers Simon
$264
Oscar Done
Good luck mate !!
$264
Big Sky Consulting
Well Done Richard!! We are devoted supporters of The Smith Family. No better organisation providing educational support for children.
$264
Sally Mckay
Good luck!!
$264
Michael Gonski
Well done on what you are doing!
$264
Rob Shmalo
Congratulations and keep up the good work.
$264
Daniel Flint
$264
Francesca @ Peter Cooney
Well Rich!!
$264
Conrad Yiu
Good luck Mike! Hear you have a great team with you!
$264
Kristina Macourt
$264
Nigel Warne
Pedal, push & pound the ground; all for a fantastic cause. Go Rich 👍
$264
Geoff Stewart
Good onya Richsrd
$258
Anonymous
Well done Mark!
$250
Geoff And Ffion
Onya Rich! Great charity too.
$250
Eva Skimin
$250
Helsinki Agency
Epic challenge Richard for a great cause. We’re sure you will demonstrate that Finnish SISU over the two days. Good luck from your friends @ Helsinki
$250
Xs
Run, Richard, run!
$250
Germaine
All the best!
$250
The Alignment Partnership
Excited to support of such a great cause – from the TAP Team
$216
Vuly Play
$211
Youngsoo Kim
This is an amazing challenge and cause. Good luck Richard!
$211
James Johnstone
$206
Carty Homes
Well done Mark
$200
Chris And Daya Jones
Good luck Rich, you'll be amazing.
$200
Peter Mobbs
Well done Mike. A great initiative and an incredible achievement.
$158
Jenny And Mike
Hope all goes well.
$158
Kennedy Associates
Wonderful cause, terrific event, inspiring commitment Richard!
$158
Neal French
Less talking more with walking !!
$158
Neil Tolaney
Much love Mike!
$154
Tina And Phil
Go you legend!
$148
Nick Guzowski
Good stuff mate! Rip in and good luck
$148
Sam Batten
$148
Iain Morris
Best of luck Mark and team - wishing I was there!
$148
Iain Morris
Best of luck Mike! Very jealous to not be able to do it this year!
$148
Iain Morris
Best of luck Richie!!!! Looking forward to hearing all about it and doing it again with you next year
$148
Ian & Liz Warne
This is from Ian and Liz Warne. Terrific work completing the challenge.
$148
Misha Saul
Good luck and well done Mike!
$148
David Narunsky
Good Luck Richard!
$148
Charbel
All the very best Richard
$148
Gavin Simpson
Good stuff
$148
Rick Bourke
Great stuff, mate!
$148
Kai
Go mate, great project!
$148
Justin Alexander
Good luck mate!
$148
Charli Walters
Sorry it’s late!
$148
Mad Mex - Clovis Young
Good luck with the adventure. Sounds like fun!
$148
Tom Rudd
Well done Rich
$148
Robbie Treharne
Dominate Rich!!
$148
Daniel Roberts
$148
Chris Guzowski
Good luck mate! Great initiative
$148
Owen Young
Go for it!
$144
Maisie Lam
Congrats Mark!
$140
Alex Luo
Go get em Richard. Good luck!
$140
Medhealth
$140
Rob Ackermann
Go well Richard, you guys now have a time to beat from last year!
$140
Steiger-thorpe Family
Well done Mark & Team!
$132
Tom Beard
Go Mark!! Even faster than last time...?!!
$106
Rachel Beard
Well done Mark!
$106
Douglas Little
Well done
$106
Denise Macintosh
We are monthly donors to the Smith Family and have been so for many years. This modest additional donation will hopefully help Rich Cooney achieve his target for this very fine cause.
$106
Nick Corkill
Good luck mate
$106
George Georgiadis
Onya Mike!
$106
Jamess Forrest
Buona fortuna Ricardo!
$106
Matthew Reede
A great cause and sounds like a terrific outdoor adventure
$106
Brendan Lyons
$106
Nicolette Rubinsztein
Well done Mark!
$106
Leon Saliba
Good luck Rich!
$106
Robert Holt
Great work Richard!
$106
Kim Gilbert O'dowd
Fantastic Richard, huge congratulations!
$106
Natalie Livet
$106
George Dobson
$106
Alexander Schuman
$106
Anonymous
Fantastic effort, Mark. Good luck! x
$106
Alison Harrington
$106
Adam Lindsay
Good luck!!
$106
Pauline Soo
Thanks for supporting a great cause. All the best in the challenge!
$106
Hugh O’s
Thank you for everything Richard.
$106
Melissa Ironside
Good luck on your challenge and for a huge year ahead!
$100
Carl Pritchett
Massive challenge for a great cause Mark!
$100
Maria Carambelas
Thank you for everything Richard. You have been so supportive and caring over the years and I will miss working with you. All the best on your new journey & good luck with everything
$100
Adam Dixon
Go, go, go Skimmo!
$100
Cindy Wei
So wonderful to see you continue this year on year, Jase! Well done to the team!
$100
Caroline Jones
Go Rich!! You'll be great, we're proud of you.
$66
Sam Baddeley
Great effort mate, good luck!
$66
Li-shuai Soh
$66
Claire Macmillan
Good luck!!
$66
Ivan Jacques
Very impressed that you're setting yourself this challenge and such a worthwhile cause.
$66
Maria Lockyer
Go Rich !!
$66
Hyojeong Kwak
U living a legend
$66
Tay
$66
Steph From Rushy
Great job 👏
$66
Jessica Dudley
Wonderful Rich! Proud of you
$66
Anuj Goel
Go Mike!
$66
Garry Jull
All the best mate!
$66
Mm
Onya Mark!
$66
Shirley Frizell
$66
Ishtar Vij
$66
Rachael Lockyer
Good luck Rich!
$66
Stefan Batory
$66
Eloquium
$66
Anonymous
$66
Floria Popoff
Great work !
$65
Vanessa Cardonnel
$64
Anonymous
$61
Isla
It's been lovely working with you, all the best for your next challenge!
$61
Candice Cordeiro
$61
Christine Mabini
$61
Richard Lodge
$61
Ay
$61
Chris Connolly
Good luck mate, great effort!
$61
Sarah Cavanagh
We are all cheering you on! Amazing work for a fantastic cause.
$54
Alexander Ovchar
Good luck Mike!
$54
Richard Pearson
$54
Anonymous
$54
Grazielle Carreon
Good luck and all the best!
$53
Christian Burns
Good luck Richard - such a fantastic cause.
$50
Derek Lichtensteiger
Good luck Mark! Go get em!
$50
Amy Jones
Absolutely outstanding achievement Richard!!
$50
Andre Koch
Great work Richard, and great cause.
$50
Jasper Johnson
Run, bike and kayak well Mark! Great initiative.
$50
Min Kyong Noh
Go Richard!
$28
Wayne Howard
$23
Juanita Field
Well done Mark!
$3
Good luck!