Welcome to our community fundraising swimming event that aims to raise money for local families in need.
8:00am Sunday 30 August 2015,
Bayfit Leisure Centre, Mason St, Altona North.
A great chance to help make a difference. We are organising an 8-hour relay-style swimathon, where swimmers are sponsored to swim, while having fun & supporting people from the local community at the same time! Funds raised (including registration fees) from swim4causes will go directly to the families.
Team and individual entries are welcomed. If you are planning to enter a team, please contact Bob Willis (swim4causes@gmail.com) with the teams name and the name of the captain before entering on website, we only have a limited number of team spaces.
We recommend up to 15 people per team, but the limit is up to the individual team. There is no cost to enter a team - each member simply pays his/her own entry fee online on the website. $20 per swimmer ( $10 registration fee if age under 16). If under 16 you will need parent or guardian to complete the online registration.
Fundraise for Luke Ogden and his family
Luke Ogden is 29 years old and was diagnosed with Ataxia Telangiectasia when he was 2 years old. He completed VCE at Williamstown High School in 2003 and currently lives with his parents, John and Lee.
Ataxia Telangiectasia is a rare, childhood neurological condition that causes progressive degeneration of areas of the brain that control motor function and speech. The disease presents early in life with delayed development of motor skills, poor balance and slurred speech. The disease gradually progresses. There is a 20% chance that people with A-T develop cancer mainly lymphocytic leukaemia or lymphoma. Many have a weakened immune system, making them susceptible to recurrent respiratory infections. People with A-T have normal or above normal intelligence. There is no cure at present for this condition.
Swim4Causes has decided that we would like to help the Ogden family and are hoping to raise some funds to enable this project to go ahead as soon as possible.
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Fundraise for Jaime-Lee or Ben to represent Australia at the INAS Global Games
Swimming, like most Olympic sports caters for swimmers with disabilities (physical, intellectual, sight impaired, hearing impaired, and transplants). The International Federation for sport for athletes with an intellectual disability (INAS) Global Games is the pinnacle of international competition for almost all swimmers (and others sports people) with an intellectual disability; this year the INAS Global Games are in Ecuador. There is no funding from the Australian Sports Commission or any other Government assistance to help fund these Athletes realise their dreams by representing Australia at these games.
Swim4Causes has decided that we would like to help two local swimmers raise some funds to enable them to realise their dreams and represent Australia at the INAS Global Games
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Luke Ogden
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Luke is currently in a wheelchair and is having increasing difficulty with his mobility in particular using the bathroom at home. His bathroom needs a renovation to accommodate his needs and make it easier and safer for him.
Unfortunately, Luke's brother, Ryan, who is a physiotherapist suffered a brain haemorrhage 2 years ago and has been left with permanent disabilities. His family and friends have been providing support for him since.'
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Jaime-Lee Getson (JL)
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JL is 16 years old and lives in Melton and attends Melton Specialist School. Along with twin brother Patrick, was born prematurely at 25 weeks gestation. Due to this she has an acquired brain injury and lives with an Intellectual Disability. JL swims as a S14 swimmer in Multi-Class (MC) swimming events and rises at at 4.30am six days per week to undergo a gruelling workload of intensive training balanced with full time schooling.
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Ben Morrison
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Ben Morrison is 23 years old and lives in Maribyrnong with his family. He belongs to the Maribyrnong Mantas Swimming Club representing the Mantas at State and National Games. He has been competing at State games since the age of 12 and National games since 2008.
In 2013 Ben was selected to swim for Australia at the Special Olympics Asia Pacific games in Newcastle. He has reached one of his goals by being selected to represent Australia at the INAS Global Games in Ecuador in September and is currently training twice a day, five days a week for this event.
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