THANK YOU…THANK YOU…THANK YOU!

The site will be closed down in a few days for this year and I just want to give a final big thanks to all my generous donors who have supported my riding efforts again this year or for the first time. Your kindness has gone a long way towards helping so many young children and their families. I’ll continue riding every day I can for the remainder of the year, wearing my GCC jersey proudly, towards my cross 🇨🇦 target. With 5800 km in now I can knock it off in next 3 mths. See you all again hopefully in 2026 for my year 9 . #griffinmyheartforever #childhoodcancerawarenessmonth #fightlikeakid #thegldnsociety

Final Tally for 2025

ANNOUNCEMENT: It's finally time to reveal the final fundraising figure for the 2025 Great Cycle Challenge!

Drumroll please... 🥁🥁🥁

YOU have raised an INCREDIBLE $6,800,623 to KICK CANCER’S BUTT = WOOHOO! 🥳💖

This amazing result will support researchers at SickKids as they continue to tackle the greatest challenges in childhood cancer research and care.

Because kids fighting cancer deserve better treatments and cures, and there's not a moment to waste. ✊

This year's challenge marked a decade of our movement to end childhood cancer, and this community only continues to amaze us with your passion, dedication, and pedaling power! 🧡

From our kids, their families, and the GCC and SickKids team – THANK YOU! 👏😊 #GriffinMyHeartForever #childhoodcancerawarenessmonth #fightlikeakid #thegldnsociety

2025 GCC Coming to a Close

Few more days before final results of the 2025 GCC will be announced. All signs point to another great year of fundraising for Sicks Kids Hospital thanks to all the incredibly generous donors and dedicated riders across Canada. 🇨🇦 #griffinmyheartforever #childhoodcancerawarenessmonth #fightlikeakid #thegldnsociety

Stats, Facts & Super Efforts

The average GCC rider pedaled 184 km throughout August.

Your collective kilometres ridden would lap the circumference of the earth 52 times!

Over 69,578 donations have been made to fight kids' cancer!

26 riders pedaled over 2,000 kilometres for their challenge.

5-year legacy rider Michael Riley had a landmark year, raising a whopping $66,091 to save little lives and rising to the #1 spot on the individual leaderboard. He spent 22 days in August riding 1,450km around Iceland!

The leaderboards have been viewed 59,458 times.

32 riders raised more than $10,000 to fight kids' cancer, becoming challenge All-Stars.

The amazing Emily-Ann took on her 3rd challenge, which was her biggest yet! She rode 85km and raised $3,249 as a member of the "StrongasHal" team in honour of her sister Hallie-Lynn.

Proud uncle Kyle Dubourdieu rode 683km and raised an impressive $2,770 in his first GCC - he dedicated his challenge to his nephew who is a GCC ambassador, the amazing 3-year-old Sam. 🧡

The average donation made to sponsor a rider was $96.

The Together We Ride team returned for the 5th year of fundraising and took out the #1 spot on the team leaderboard AGAIN - the 26 members rode 15,662 km and raised $93,476! Stunning effort!

Members of our Facebook group GCC Friends Canada shared 2,536 posts and made 13,128 comments!

15 kids under 5 years old rode in the challenge to kick cancer's butt for other kids.

The website has been viewed 1,697,854 times in 176 countries.

We've received countless messages from families impacted by cancer, thanking you for your incredible support.

1,923 riders raised $1,000+ and became members of the Peloton Club.

GCC legend Jarrod Russell marked a decade riding to fight kids' cancer with a breathtaking 1,310 km ridden and $31,754 raised to end childhood cancer... taking his all-time total raised to $303,828. 🤯

4,814 riders achieved the 'DEFENDER' Impact Level in the challenge.

Riders from Prince Edward Island raised an average of $780 - the highest average in the country.

2,145 riders completed their 2nd Great Cycle Challenge to continue their personal legacy to kick cancer's butt.

8-year legacy rider Don Ross rode 1,054 km and raised $6,855 in memory of 6-year-old Griff Bell and in honour of his inspirational wife Heather. He has now raised an astounding $35,076 over his years in the challenge.

804 riders have survived their own personal fight against cancer.

Team Hatch were our highest ranked company team, rising to the #3 spot on the team leaderboard with an awesome effort of 10,639 km ridden and $47,247 raised by the 22 members. Go team! ✊

This year we've posted 56 times on our Facebook page and received 147,930 likes, comments and shares.

Inspiring mother-son duo Jennifer and Grayson rode 510 km and raised $1,839 in their first GCC, blowing their goals out of the water! They took on the challenge for 4-year-old Ella, a close family friend who fought clear cell sarcoma and is now cancer-free (WOOHOO).

4,356 riders took part in the challenge in memory of a loved one affected by cancer. 💓

Legacy rider Arnei de Guzman had a fantastic 5th year, riding 406 km and raising $1,364 to save little lives. A special shout-out goes to him and his pedaling side-kicks (his kiddos) for their fun and creative videos in the GCC Friends Canada group. 😊

188 riders joined us for their 10th year in a row, riding with us since the very first GCC in 2016.

Together, we've pedaled for the equivalent of 271,401 days.

Henrietta Olthoff Mulder continues to cement her status as an all-time GCC great, with the 9-year legacy rider clocking 302 km and raising an incredible $43,817 to kick cancer's butt. She rode in memory of her daughter Arlene, who lost her battle with colon cancer in 2018, and has raised a colossal all-time total of $184,065.

Over the 10 years of GCC, we've ridden 26,555,415 km and raised $60,598,401 to fight kids' cancer!

Annual Birthday Age Ride

Beautiful cool, breezy day to get in my 71km Birthday age ride that I do each year around this time. So grateful to be healthy and able to do this sort of thing while wishing it could be so for all the kids we’re riding for. #griffinmyheartforever #childhoodcancerawarenessmonth #fightlikeakid #thegldnsociety

More than $6.5 Million Raised and More than 2 Million KM Pedalled

“You did it! Don, you achieved your 1000km ride goal in this year's Great Cycle Challenge to fight kids' cancer! You should be SO proud... we're proud of you! 🤩 With August now officially over, you can give your legs a rest, hit the 'snooze' button, and reflect on what you've achieved to end childhood cancer and save little lives.WOW, what a month! So far, we've logged 2,043,580 km and raised $6,609,171 to give kids with cancer the brighter futures they deserve...And it's all because of YOU and our fantastic GCC community across Canada. 🍁To end this year's official challenge, our kids are celebrating your amazing efforts...With riders still fundraising this month, who knows where we'll end up for this year's challenge when we announce the final figure on Friday September 26...It's VERY exciting. 😊

Your profile page will remain active until the end of September, so chase those final pledges and bank your offline donations.

THANK YOU for riding to fight kids' cancer...YOU ROCK!

Ashley (Great Cycle Challenge Team) ”

1000 KM Goal for August Reached

Just before leaving on 26th for a family visit, where I won’t be able to take my bike with us, I got over my riding 🚲 target 🎯 for the month. Will be back home on Sept 2nd and back on the bike again to continue towards my cross Canada 🇨🇦 riding goal. GCC will be keeping our pages active through September ( Childhood Cancer Awareness Month ) so that further donations can be accepted online. #griffinmyheartforever #childhoodcancerawarenessmonth #thegldnsociety #fightlikeakid

Meet Dominique

Hi Don,

As you take on your third week of the 2025 Great Cycle Challenge, we wanted to share Dominique's incredible story...

10-year-old Dominique is currently fighting leukemia. 💔

In the spring of 2024, Dominique started experiencing alarming symptoms like daily intermittent, unexplained pain. Then she began limping, developed swollen lymph nodes and started to experience persistent fevers.

It took repeated visits to emergency rooms and clinics before Dominique and her family finally received an answer...

In the week after Thanksgiving, her parents rushed her to the emergency room at SickKids where she was finally admitted.

Dominique was diagnosed with precursor B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia on the 21st of October 2024.

Her treatment plan is intensive and complex, shaped by a genetic profile that requires aggressive chemotherapy.

Her body has also proven to be highly sensitive to treatment which has led to complications like allergic reactions and long periods of low blood counts.

But Dominique has proven time and time again that she can overcome any challenge that she comes up against.

She has beat her phobia of needles, overcome difficulty swallowing pills, and learned to calm herself down during regular port accesses.

This girl is unbeatable, and she's kicking cancer's butt. ✊

Dominique continues to receive chemotherapy to help her defeat this disease for good, with her treatment plan expected to last for 3 years.

Her care team are always monitoring her response to treatment and tailoring it to her specific needs at all times.

Dominique loves academics, as well as musical theatre, piano, singing, gymnastics, and circus arts. She has a true gift when it comes to talking, sharing, explaining, and connecting with others.

Dominique should be living life, not fighting for it.

Don, your fundraising efforts will support cancer research to develop treatments and find a cure for childhood cancer to help kids like Dominique and save little lives.

And for Dominique and her family...

Your support means the world. ❤️

We're so grateful that you're riding this month to give kids with cancer the brighter futures they deserve.

Thank you, a million times over! ✊

Ashley (Great Cycle Challenge Team) #griffinmyheartforever #thegldnsociety #fightlikeakid

We're past the halfway mark!

There are just 14 days left to go of the official challenge.

Together, we've pedaled 1,128,164km and raised $5,902,338 (so far) to fight kids' cancer...

And we're not done yet.

Keep riding and raising and let's BRING IT HOME STRONG for these brave kids and their families. ❤️

Come on Canada, we got this! #griffinmyheartforever

Record Breaking Matching Offer Day….Thank You!

Kick Cancer's Butt Day raised a record-breaking $1,890,417 to fight kids' cancer... INCREDIBLE!

It's amazing. THANK YOU so much for your butt-kicking efforts to give kids like Sam, Hendrix, Nori, Dominique, Wynn and Liam and the brighter futures they deserve.

It was a MASSIVE day. We asked YOU to take action, and you KICKED CANCER'S BUTT! 💪

You've given these families a reason to smile, and more importantly, you've given them hope for a cancer-free future and the support they need to continue their fight to beat this awful disease.

For that Don, I cannot thank you enough.

As you know, our wonderful supporters, the Garron Family were personally matching donations up to $1,300,000...

And as outlined when we announced this amazing pledge, if we were to reach the $1,300,000 limit we'd distribute the matched donations across all your pages, based on a percentage of what you raised over the one day of Kick Cancer's Butt Day. This is the fairest way to ensure that everyone who made the effort, gets the reward. 😊

But unfortunately, this does mean that we can't match all donations completely, so you'll receive a portion of the $1,300,000 based on the total you raised. I'll explain the calculation...

$1,300,000 / $1,890,417 = 68.77% - so we've matched 68.77% of the total you raised on Kick Cancer's Butt Day and added this to your fundraising page.

This is the fairest way to ensure EVERYONE is rewarded for their efforts to kick cancer's butt. I wish we could match every single donation but the response was just so incredible.