David (DJ) and Campbell (CJ)

Running for the children and communities of Bali...

This will be my fourth year running 84km overnight across the beautiful Island of Bali to support the efforts of the award winning Bali Children Foundation in changing the face of children's education.  Both through my own fundraising efforts and supporting the other 25 runners in their own journeys across the Island.

In September last year I had the privilege to watch Jacqui Mooney complete the run in honour of her husband and my best mate Jase Cronshaw, who left us far too early at just 49 years of age in April 2021.  

This run will be forever associated for me with Jase and this photo sums up so much about our relationship - living our lives by trying to make the lives of others better.  Smiling through every moment of pushing our bodies to the edge of what they are capable of and growing in the process, provided that in doing so we were able to inspire or enable others to be even better versions of the themselves.

Bali Children Foundation, with its focus on increasing community welfare by educating entire generations of children in remote Bali villages, was and always will be particularly close to our hearts.  The few days we spend there include time in the schools we're supporting and meeting the students and families who have benefited from the Foundation's efforts over the years - seeing first hand the practical, on the ground improvements that have been made and most importantly, seeing the smiles on those kids' faces when they are given the opportunity for an education that many of us in the developed world take for granted.