one of the better charity rides I've done.
the recipients of the funds, do the volunteer work. water/food stations etc...
I however no longer participate in them. I rode a couple years, I did the fund raising. I stayed quiet on the difficulties of living with late stage Lyme. (Irrelevant)
something came up in conversation once, that made me cringe.....(whether they knew or didn't know my history with lyme didn't matter to me) and I was done with charity events, cancer, MS, organizations, etc.....
I know 100s of people/family that struggle with lyme. there are other local families that struggle with (whatever) also, I'd rather send one of them the $ that would have paid an entry fee to a ride, and just go ride.
the other side of this, Large group rides are counter productive to building the cyclist/ car relationships.
people need help, not organizations. do organizations help people ? sure but they also give themselves a fat paycheck out of it also.