The Coo-Wee Ride founder Matt Aldridge presented the money, which was raised through a cycle from Adelaide to Wodonga in April, to Hume Veterans Information Centre.

The ride also raised $10,000 for Sisters of the North to aid struggling farmers.

Hume Veterans Information Centre welfare advocate Alex Wolf said his group assisted veterans who served in World War II and Vietnam as well as those from conflicts in East Timor, Iraq and Afghanistan.

"They're a younger brigade and a lot of them are suffering from serious PTSD and it's got an enormous effect on the family," he said.

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The centre works throughout the Border and North East, including Benalla, Wangaratta, Albury-Wodonga, Corowa, Yackandandah and Tallangatta.

"Wherever we get referrals from, we address them, we've got clients from most states in Australia," Mr Wolf said.

Finances often caused stress if a veteran couldn't work and pension arrangements with the Department of Veterans Affairs took time to be finalised.

"There's a period of time where there's no income to the family so we just have a bit of a fund there to get them out of immediate crisis," he said.

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