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About Tour de Kids

What started out as a group of mates combining their passion for cycling with the desire to help Australian kids, has resulted in $2.6 million for a variety of children’s health and well being programs over the past seven years.

Tour de Kids is a Ride for Life, a physically challenging weeklong cycling event that raises funds for the Starlight Children's Foundation and several smaller charities.

Supporting Starlight

Through community events, corporate and private fundraising, the cyclists raise money to support programmes managed by Starlight and the other nominated charities. Each rider must personally raise a minimum of A$5000 to grant a Starlight Wish for a seriously ill child.

To maximise the impact of their efforts, the riders pay their own trip costs.

Each year, some of Australia's leading corporations show their support for the Tour. Their financial contributions and their willingness to support their employees participating in the Tour cannot be overestimated.

Tour history

In 2001, several passionate business executives decided they would go for a bit of a ride and help some seriously ill children in the process. "A bit of a ride" turned into 630 kilometres, from Dubbo to Sydney, and the Tour de Kids was born.

From 2002 to 2006, the annual tour followed various routes through country Victoria, Queensland and New South Wales and raised a further $1,850,000.

Eighteen cyclists participated in the first Tour. By 2005, 31 riders joined in the daunting pedal from Melbourne over the Mount Selwyn snowfields to Canberra. They raised an extraordinary $400,000. Hopes continued to be exceeded when, in 2006, 33 riders covered about 1,000 kilometres between Brisbane and Newcastle and raised more than $650,000!

In 2007, the group grew to 38 riders, who in March sped across the 1,050 kilometres separating Hobart and Thredbo. The final fundraising total exceeded $685,000!

Help us raise money

Please support the cyclists in their efforts to brighten the lives of seriously ill and hospitalised children, and their families, throughout Australia.

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