This year we were approached by team members participating in the Kokoda Challenge and if they are prepared to run, walk or crawl for 96km through the Gold Coast hinterland with a time limit of 39 hours then we are prepared to find out what it is going to benefit beyond the physical well being of the participants.
Each team is required to raise $1600 after they have paid their initial $460 team registration. So for the privilege of tormenting your body for 96km over 39hours (the Phoenix calculator tells me that is a little under 2 1/2km an hour) with very little sleep, each team member gets to come up with $115 of his/her own cold hard cash. Now 2.5km an hour probably sounds pretty achievable until you glance over the 5 mountains and 12 creeks they traverse in the course profile.
Now where does the money go? All money raised goes towards the Kokoda Youth Foundation which enables them to continue their work with Australian youth and changing communities in which we live. How do they do this? They do this by facing barriers in young people, breaking cycles of dependence and welfare, addressing mental health issues, suicide prevention, creating teams and creating individuals who work in teams with the core values of courage, endurance, mateship and sacrifice along with many more life changing outcomes.
All valuable community activities that need to be done so we were very pleased to support the teams participating and we're sure you will be to. Donations are accepted year round, so you don't have to wait until the next event in 2016. Donate today.
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