Our Mission Statement - What's It All About?

Each September, a wonderful group of people put their own lives aside, take themselves outside their comfort zone and ride 1,000 kms to help kids who are impacted by cancer.

In September 2011, the first Ride took place. The initial Ride was for 400 kms from Armidale to Maitland with 19 riders and 10 support crew taking part and was named “Ride 4 Kids”. The Ride was a great success with an initial gross predicted income of $60,000.00, the ride exceeded budget and $114,500.00 was raised.

At the request of several of the riders who wanted to return the following year, the distance was increased to 1,000 kms so that it would be a real challenge and so the 1,000 K’s 4 Kids was born. Having completed its sixth year, the Ride has raised in excess of $2.2 million dollars for kids who are impacted by cancer and their families.

The Camp Quality 1,000 Ks 4 Kids – Newcastle is designed for ordinary people wanting to do the extraordinary by challenging themselves to ride 1000 km over 10 days starting in Benalla (VIC) and finishing in Warners Bay, while raising funds for kids impacted by cancer.

On departure from Benalla, participants will head up the Hume Highway towards the Victoria-New South Wales border - and our first overnight stay will be in Albury. From there we continue along to the Hume to Wagga Wagga.

We leave the major highway behind us on our journey and we join the Newell Highway before pulling into Parkes - our halfway point! As we work our way towards the finish line we pass through Wellington, Gulgong, Sandy Hollow and Muswellbrook. The final leg sees us pedalling down the New England Highway as we pull into Warners Bay.

The ride is full of mateship, teamwork, long days, blood, sweat and tears. However, it’s also full of fun, optimism and resilience. Together they struggle, laugh and conquer.