Why I swim
I’m swimming this March because too many young lives are lost to suicide. Every lap I swim will help make sure there’s a safe place for young people to turn when life feels overwhelming. I am truly humbled by the donations that had come in so far, and this is a great motivation for me to get all the laps in that I will need!
I'm swimming to save lives
Suicide remains the leading cause of death for young people in Australia.
More than 1 in 3 are experiencing mental health difficulties, yet over a million are not getting the support they need.
ReachOut provides anonymous, free and 100% online services so young people can find a safe place to connect, share and get help when life feels overwhelming.
I’m taking part in Laps for Life to make sure these vital services are always there. Please donate to my fundraiser and help more young people get the support they deserve.
My Swim Progress
Completed
10.10km (404 laps)
My goal
20km
My Impact
So far I’ve raised $1,514 to provided 378.4025 young people experiencing mental health difficulties with vital support.
Top Donation
$264
Volker Presser
Shoutout to Volker Presser – my biggest supporter so far with a $264 donation to help young people get the mental health support they need through ReachOut!
Funds Raised
Note: displays max previous 3 years of fundraising only
My Updates
Soon the clock will start for the swimming
I am humbled by all the donations that have come in already. Many, many thanks to everyone who gave so far!I am still going slowly on my swimming. This is so I dont burn out before I actually start on 01 March. Yet, I am slowly ramping up the number of lanes that I am swimming, and I am now comfortably in the range where I want to be to achieve the 20k with 3 swims per week.
Thanks again to all donors! This is awesome, and I am so happy that we have such a good sum of money already together. I just upped my goal to 2000 AUD, never thought that would happen! Share
increased fundraising goal
I am blown away by the amount of donations that came already in. I am so grateful for every donation, and am especially happy to see donations from friends and colleagues that I am even not that close to. This means a lot to me!Anyhow, since we have already reached pretty much my original funding goal, I went up. Lets see if we can get that!
Also, like in Jan, I will match donations up to a total of 250 AUD again in February. Plus, there is an awesome offer right now that the Gonski Foundation will match my donation. So every dollar donated right now is likely to be tripled! Share
Awesome start in January
I am sooo happy that there have already been a number of generous donations in January! And that before I really started. As promised, I matched donations with a self-donation of 250 AUD.As for swimming, I am taking it slow at the moment, since I know that I will swim alot in March for sure. Until then, I am steadily increasing my distance. Top do the 20k in one month with 3 swims per week, I need to do 66 laps each. That is the plan. My previous 'normal' distance was 60 laps, so I have upped this to 66 already. I am planning to further up this to 70-75 laps, so I get a bit of a safety margins for rainy days Share
Thank you to my
supporters
$263.75
Volker Presser
$263.75
Tanja Junkers
$135.04
Blair
$80
Tanja Junkers
$64.67
Antonio Patti
$55
Tanja Junkers
$55
Matched by Gonski Foundation
$54.99
Ian James
$49
Yuxi Liu
$48.71
Tanja Junkers
$48.71
Matched by Gonski Foundation
$44
Tanja Junkers
$44
Matched by Gonski Foundation
$43.60
Lakshani Weerarathna
$43.60
Nick Birbilis
$43.60
Gayathri Dev Ammini
$38.33
Anonymous
$33.15
Lydia
Bon courage !
$30
Vianna
$23
Tanja Junkers
$23
Matched by Gonski Foundation
$22.58
Tim Davey
$6.13
Anonymous
Great cause 👏🏽