
Over 31 days in August , you’ll get active, have fun, and help fund research that gives kids with genetic diseases the chance to grow up stronger, healthier, and with more hope.
Sign up solo, with a team, or your workplace — and show that not all heroes wear capes (some wear runners).
How it works
Sign up
Sign up as a solo, with a team or your workplace and set your distance goal. You can choose 30km, 60km, 100km or your own distance to complete over 31 days in August.
Get moving
Use your Ks for Kids dashboard to log your Ks and see your leaderboard ranking.
Save lives
Fundraise! Every $50 you raise could fund 1 hour of life-changing research.
Every step you make in August is a step towards cures.
Your mission isn’t just to move, it’s to make an impact. Every $50 you raise could fund 1 hour of life-changing research.
1 in 20 kids face a birth defect or genetic disease, like cancer, cystic fibrosis, and life-threatening metabolic disorders. That's 12 kids born every minute worldwide. Will you be the hero that helps to find treatments and cures by joining Ks for Kids right now.
Accept your mission. Lace up. Log your kms. Be the superhero kids need!

Walk or run your way over the month of August.
Go solo
Take on your own heroic journey and choose your challenge from: 30km, 60km, 100km or set your own goal.
Rally your team
Rally your team. Make a Superhero Squad. Conquer the challenge together.
Workplace
Sign up your workplace and lead your crew to greatness.

You’ll help change lives like Jett’s.
When Jett was just a newborn, his parents discovered he was profoundly deaf. But that was only the beginning — genetic testing revealed he had Usher Syndrome Type 1B, a rare condition that causes hearing loss, balance issues, and progressive vision loss. Doctors told them Jett would be legally blind by 18. “It rocked us to the core,” said his mum, Beth. “You feel like a black cloud is hanging over you.”
But Jett’s story doesn’t end there. His family was connected to Children’s Medical Research Institute, where scientists are developing gene therapy to stop the vision loss before it starts. Jett’s donated blood is now helping researchers get closer to that breakthrough. “Research gives Jett options for his future,” Beth said. “Without CMRI, we wouldn't have that hope.”
By signing up for Ks for Kids, you’ll help labs stay open, research move forward — and give kids like Jett a brighter future.