Locals Jodie Jones and Simone Martin have raised almost $50,000 for this year’s Never Late Fe-Mail Postie Ride (which benefits Wings4Kidz) and they haven’t even left yet!
The pair are preparing to head off on their third fundraising postie bike adventure which kicks off in Bathurst in a couple of weeks.
Now in it’s third year, the Never Late Fe-Mail Postie Ride will once again be supporting Wings4Kidz who provide free transport for kids from regional NSW to vital medical treatment, saving families time, money and the stress from being away from home.
Wings4Kidz runs purely on donations and 100 per cent of all donations go towards their flight service—pilots, planes and fuel costs.
Wings4Kidz’s ground support staff and vehicles are all donated so there is no cost to families who use the service.
Jodie’s family has had cause to use the service with her two grandchildren travelling to Sydney for specialist medical care a number of times.
Simone’s dad is one of the ride organisers but she said that doesn’t get her any favours.
This year’s Never Late Fe-Mail Postie Ride has 90 registered female riders from across NSW who have a combined fundraising goal of $300,000.
The Cobar girls have more than pulled their weight towards that goal.
After having raised $31,000 over the past two years, Jodie said she was keen to set a really big target this year of $40,000.
The pair are blown away that they have already exceeded it and are now close to the $50,000 mark.
Their fundraising this year has been earned predominantly from collecting cans and bottles for Return and Earn.
They’ve also been helped with a $12,000 sponsorship from the MAC Copper/CSA Mine and a $10,000 donation from Aurelia Metals/Peak Gold Mines.
The pair are still going hard at fundraising with a hair cut and shave fundraiser happening this weekend and Jodie and Simone are continuing to collect bottles and cans.
The girls will head off to Bathurst next month and, after an obligatory lap around Mt Panorama, they will travel 700km on back roads to Young, Temora, West Wyalong, Forbes, Bogan Gate and finish in Parkes.
The pair said while the riding is sometimes a bit of a challenge, the event is however a lot of fun and they have made a lot of good friends on the ride over the past two years.
