b'Uniting to help people in needThanks to our generous supporters, we were able to reach more people in their time of need this year.Murray to Moyne There are many ways our supportersgot involved in our fundraising activities,After cycling for 19 hours across two days, from hosting events to signing up forcovering 1495kms and consuming over 20 litres our regular giving program. Communityof water, Team Life Cycle completed the Murray groups, congregations, schools, workplaces,to Moyne (M2M) relay event in April 2022, raising families and individuals all came together nearly $4,300 for Unitings mental health services.to support our work. Here, team captain, Chris Morfoot shares the Their efforts helped local communities details of the ride.to thrive and people move from crisis Despite losing two team members to COVID-19 to stability. isolation, we did it. Conditions were mild, even occasionally favourable, allowing the team to average nearly 30kms per hour on Saturday and Pancake Day 29kms on Sunday. Once arriving in Echuca, we set In 2022 we marked the 20th anniversary ofup, registered and did a warm-up ride to prepare Pancake Day. This long-running campaign hasour legs for what lay ahead. On Saturday, the first strong support among congregations, schoolsday of the event, the team gathered at the starting and community groups. line at 6am. In total 18 teams left Echuca, five We celebrated Pancake Day on 1 March 2022,from Mildura and eight from Swan Hill. We all set encouraging participants to heat up the burnersoff with a lead car in front and a tail car behind, to make pancakes to support Unitings programswhich managed the spread of cyclists across the and services. We also got flipping for a goodroute. Everyone rode at different speeds, so it cause at the Wesley Uniting Church forecourtdidnt take long for the teams to spread out as in Melbourne, asking for a small donation inmuch as 60kms at times. Team Life Cycles relay exchange for a delicious pancake. went well, with each team of two doing six legs of between 23kms to 28kms each. Thankfully, We had 133 registrations for Pancake Day 2022,apart from sore limbs and the occasional cramp, including 56 congregations and 37 Unitingeveryone came into Hamilton, the overnight stop, services, including 50% of Unitings earlytired but in good spirits. The next morning, we learning services. Just over $24,000 was raised.were all up at 5.30am as the ride to Port Fairy Although not back to pre-pandemic levels, itcommenced at 7am. On Sunday, the whole team was great to see an increase in participation. was on the road riding the full 96kms. The team cruised into Port Fairy about 10.45am, elated tobe there and glad to begin the celebrations, with all looking forward to the 2023 event. 64 Uniting Vic.Tas Annual Report 2021-2022'