Cycling for a good cause: Tour Ginkgo supports sick children!

Cycling for a good cause: Tour Ginkgo supports sick children!

Ostalbkreis, Deutschland - in Baden-Württemberg it will soon be sporty again! From July 3 to 5, 2025, the traditional tour Ginkgo will take place, which is celebrated for a good cause like a cycling festival. The initiative, which has been organized by Christiane Eichenhofer for 33 years, has set itself the goal of collecting donations for seriously ill children and premature babies. With more than 100 cyclists on the route, the event seems to be a complete success again. The route extends between Aalen, Schwäbisch Gmünd and other places in the Ostalbkreis and Rems-Murr-Kreis, where the collected funds benefit from the colorful circles, which support facilities for sick children.

Christiane Eichenhofer, himself a survivor of leukemia, founded the Christiane-Eichenhofer Foundation in 1992 and is passionate about the improvement of life affected. "Personal contacts with the facilities are very important," she emphasizes. Over the years, several million euros came together through the Ginkgo Tour, and only last year an impressive check for over 200,000 euros was handed over to social medical aftercare in the Stuttgart Clinic. On this occasion, Eichenhofer praised the team's excellent work in the Olgahospital and the support from sponsors and donors that make such events possible.

unique and supportive

The tour Ginkgo is not only a sporting challenge, but also an emotional experience. Eichenhofer reports about warm encounters, including children who spontaneously donated donations. This shows how important awareness of the concerns of seriously ill children in the community. The tour is accompanied by 30 helpers and Kradfahrers, so that the cyclists are safely on the road in the association, even if there is no police accompaniment this year.

currently the focus is also on support from volunteers and personal contributions from the participants, who all pull together to help children in need. Eichenhofer has also paid particular attention to her voluntary commitment to refugees and her role in the supervisory board of the Waldhäuser village shop, which shows how diverse her mission is.

other events to support children with cancer

parallel to the tour Ginkgo also takes place other campaigns for sick children in the region. On July 20, a benefit concert will be organized in Aachen, which is organized by Philipp Zeiler, a committed musician. Admission is free, but donation projects are welcome. This project also aims to support children with cancer. "The heart tour" asks to collect donations in the form of bicycle tours and concerts and has already collected over 60,000 euros for various clubs.

While the tour Ginkgo goes into the next round, the importance of such events remains undisputed. They not only combine sporting activities with social responsibility, but also strengthen the community spirit and the awareness of the challenges that many families have to face daily. Let us be surprised at how much support this year's tour will bring!