Community & Business
12 October, 2022
A ride for compassion
A LOCAL Mareeba radio station is asking locals to ride in a charity bike ride – but they won’t have to hit the road to do it.
Local radio station 92.3FM is getting on board to support the Ride for Compassion, a 4,200km charity bike ride from Australia’s west coast to the east coast, by setting up an exercise bike in their studios at the Mareeba Centre where locals can help raise money for the cause.
The Ride for Compassion is currently underway, starting in Western Australia and finishing in Newcastle in one month, with the hope of raising $1 million to go towards feeding children affected by the global food crisis.
To date, nearly $700,000 has been raised for the ride and 159 children have been sponsored since the ride began on 17 September.
Radio station manager Ben Cooney is encouraging locals to come to their studio on 17 October to help raise money and awareness for the event.
He said businesses and locals could come along on the day and help feed a child for a $50 donation and ride the bike for as long as they can, depending on the number of people who participate.
“We are hoping to get people to come and ride throughout the day and talk on the radio station, especially businesses,” he said.
“We are hoping to get 150 people to donate $50 each for food packs – whether we reach that is another thing because it is a tall ask.
“This is a good cause for people to get behind because we live in Australia, a pretty lucky country and there are people around the world who are really suffering.”
The exercise bike ride will start promptly at 8am at the station.
For more information contact the station on 0418 783 841
