Chafin' the Dream

The Bloody Long Walk 2025 - Newcastle

We're walking 35km in The Bloody Long Walk!

Our team is walking 35km in The Bloody Long Walk to help Australians living with mitochondrial disease.

We know we’ll cross the finish line exhausted and blistered, but that’s nothing compared to what people with mitochondrial disease (mito) go through every day of their lives.

Mito robs the body’s cells of energy, causing multiple organ dysfunction or failure. It can affect anyone at any age.

Please sponsor our walk to fund research into desperately needed treatments and cures for this devastating disease.

Every dollar will make a difference.

THANK YOU!

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$218

G Moran

$119

Karen Johnson

Good luck Beth!! That’s a long distance. OxoxKaren

$109

Lynette Stead

Go Leanne Proud of you walking so far for such a worthy cause

$109

Gordon Dobson

$109

Kate And John

You can walk 500 miles, but I won't....

$60

Facebook Donation

$60

Anonymous

Good luck with the walk

$60

Claire Thomson

$55

Natalie Perfitt

Go team!! Do your thing!

$55

Kristy Prince

$55

Rod Noble

A great cause.

$54

Hannah Thomas

Go you good thing! An awesome cause and an awesome human helping

$54

Mim

Smash yourself Leanne!!

$50

David Donnelly

Well done Hugh and team!

$50

Penny Ditchfield

Well done Leanne, you’ll blitz it!!

$50

Ruth Mcleod

$38

Sami

Go Hughy! Cheering you on every step of the way 🚶‍♂️

$38

Brianna Lukes

$38

Helen

$38

Compeed Matched Donation

$38

Dave Evans

Good luck Hugh

$38

Anonymous

$38

Lynne Lee

Well done Leanne, our cheers go with you x

$38

Jaclyn Mottram

$38

Peter Bartlett

Nice day for a stroll.

$38

Peter Corke

Great effort, Fran. Walking and fund raising.

$38

Peter Corke

Great effort, Leanne. Walking and fund raising.

$38

Debbie Kelly

Happy to support Mito. Enjoy the walk😊

$38

Sarah Tracy

Way to go, sweet cousin!

$38

Suzy Bartlett

Good on you Hayley!

$38

Janyce Sherrard

Great teamwork!

$38

Lyndall Carolan

Go Fran! Wishing you and the team a perfect day for your walk

$35

Lyndall Carolan

Walk well! Such a great cause.

$35

Frances Munt

$35

Claudia Fuller

Go team!! So proud of you all!

$35

Harper Tran

$35

Leanne Stevens

$35

Hugh Gordon

$35

Petra Leschinkohl

$35

Aleisha Taylor

$35

Sailaja Sailaja

$35

Nerissa Budynek

Go get it sis xx

$35

Dianne Rigney

Good on you Fran 🤸‍♀️

$30

Facebook Donation

$27

June Wieland

You are awesome! First you started donating plasma for me, now this. I need to do some research on Mito.

$27

Pamela Sinha

$27

David Rambaldi

$27

David Rambaldi

$27

Karen&joel Salzberg

$27

Compeed Matched Donation

$27

Anonymous

Go girl

$26

Leisa Neilson

Great cause and you’ve got this!

$26

Facebook Donation

$22

Sue Pendlebury

Go well, Fran 👍🏻 🌻

$22

Rob Stevens

$22

Trevor Schofield

Go Kristy!!

$22

Emily Middleton

Love your work, Leanne!

$22

Emily Middleton

Great job, Fran!

$20

Angela Wilson

Go team Chaffini the Dream!!!!

$20

Compeed Matched Donation

$20

Meghann Gibbs

Go get it team!!! Best of luck this weekend <3

$11

Ames

Go Leanne! I hope you have beautiful weather and lots of great chats on the day!!

$11

Ames

Good luck Fran! I hope you have a lovely time of it and raise heaps for this very worthwhile cause!

$11

Rachel Avery

$10

Wendy James

Go Fran! You can do it.

$10

Wendy James

Great effort for a worthy cause Leanne!

$10

Cordelia

Well done Leanne!!

$10

Cordelia

Well Done Fran

$5

Rose Windred