The Late Mail Postie Ride left Windeyer on Saturday morning bound for Mudgee – via an over 1000km detour – to raise funds to help take the burden off rural families of children with serious illness.
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This year’s journey takes the group from Windeyer to Jenolan Caves, Braidwood, and as far south as Jindabyne, before returning through Tumbarumba, Grenfell, and Molong.
They’re due to return to Mudgee on Friday afternoon (October 13) at Robertson Park.
And having raised $100,000 in each of the last two events the fundraising target for 2017 has been lifted to $150,000.
Wings4Kidz CEO Brendan Crane – who takes part in the ride – said that the charity has flourished in its early days and big part of that is the ride, which grew out of the local region.
“Without events like the Late Mail ride Wings4Kidz couldn’t continue to do the flights,” he said.
“The organisation can do what it needs to do because of these guys out here raising this money, not to mention it’s a great way of spreading the word on what we do from a charity standpoint.
“This year we’re on track to do 400 flights, we’ve only been a registered charity for 15 months, which is another step towards our 1000 flight goal for NSW.”
They are a not-for-profit charity, their aircraft are registered for commercial operation, and pilots are carefully selected for their skills and experience to ensure the highest level of safety is provided for patients.
To stay updated on the ride’s progress check out the Facebook page THELATEMAIL. And to donate online, visit give.everydayhero.com/au/the-late-mail-postie-bike-ride-2017/members
