Since 2004, the RIDE has helped 500+ charities raise more than $12,000,000. The 2017 Ride for Refuge will be held on Saturday, September 30, 2017 and provides each participant the chance to:
Remember - you need to be on a team riding for the charity you love for your fundraising to flow to them. You'll select your charity when you start a team or inherit the choice your team captain made when you join theirs.
Cycling Routes
Cyclists can select 10km, 25km or 50km distances when registering, however, some locations may require you to loop the 25km route twice to complete your 50km
Walking Routes
We also offer a 5km walking route at each RIDE site. About 25% of our participants select this option.
Fun and Safety
Our sites offer child-friendly routes (where at all possible) that are well-staffed with friendly volunteers. Along the route, riders and walkers enjoy rest stops and support vehicles. After the event, lunch is served for all volunteers and participants.
Passion for People
The Ride for Refuge helps some remarkable charities raise much-needed money for their tireless and determined work with displaced, vulnerable, and exploited people around the world.
Expand the sections below to learn more about the people and causes supported through the Ride for Refuge.
Who are the displaced?
We see it on the news all the time - many countries are experiencing the destructive and displacing effects of war, government breakdown, religious strife and social conflict.
The RIDE supports charities and churches who serve:
- Refugees and Internally Displaced Peoples (claimants or sponsored)
- Migrant Families (economically displaced and migrant workers)
- Indigenous and First Nations People
Who are the vulnerable?
Unfortunately, the world has no shortage of people left behind, ignored or simply forgotten, forsaken or considered unneeded.
The RIDE supports charities and churches who serve:
- Orphans (abandoned and street kids, as well as other disadvantaged children)
- Homeless (urban or rural poor)
- Abused (adults, the elderly, and kids)
Who are the exploited?
Human exploitation has many faces, including human trafficking, sex or economic exploitation, and forced prostitution and other sex work (like forced stripping/pornography).
The RIDE supports charities and churches who serve:
- Human Trafficking survivors and victims (child & adult)
- Sex-trade survivors and victims (child & adult)
- Forced labour survivors and victims (child, bonded, forced marriage, child soldiers)
Approved Programs
The RIDE requires all charities to apply for participation in our RIDE Charity Grant Program and each charity must fit both the people criteria above and the program criteria below:
- Relief & Aid: Direct aid for catastrophe, war, and oppression
- Development & Reconstruction: Direct or third-party NGO support for development and reconstruction initiatives including micro-finance and sustainable funding
- Food & Water: Programs supporting nutrition, food banks, missions and accessible water
- Shelter & Housing: Any shelter whether temporary, permanent or expansion
- Medical & Dental: Treatment and follow-up care, including HIV clinics, pediatrics, pain management and all necessary supplies
- Education & Tuition: Job skills, trades, ESL, career, tuition support, and Biblical curriculum and training
- Settlement & Acclimatization: New arrival support, training and financial aid
- Counsel & Legal: Spiritual counseling, development, discipleship, care for post-traumatic stress syndrome, and immigration and refugee claim legal counsel
How Can We Help?
The RIDE works with 100s of registered charities and churches across the country, helping them raise money and build buzz for their charity and cause.
Maybe it's time you join us?
We have three objectives for you as a RIDE Charity Partner:
1. That you successfully achieve the fundraising goal you set.
2. That you successfully recruit and gather your community.
3. That you successfully learn to ask better, talk about yourself better and, understand fundraising events better.
If you'd like to talk with us about becoming a RIDE Charity Partner, please contact Jen at the phone number or email below.
Note: Deadline for RIDE charity registration is August 1, 2017.
Please contact Jen Taylor, Director of Development:
