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Welcome to the 2023 Mouse Island Community Swim Saturday 7th October. This will be the 13th consecutive year of the swim. Each year we aim to make our Community Swim bigger and better than ever so that the funds we raise help more people.
This year, 2023, started with a disaster for Turkish people. The biggest humanitarian disaster in one hundred years overwhelmed Eastern districts of Turkey when two powerful earthquakes destroyed 100,000 buildings. Over 50,000 lives were lost and millions of lives were traumatically affected.
This year
- we will use one third of the money we raise to support a charitable project in the earthquake area. All the proceeds from the sale of our iconic Mouse Island Swim towels designed by local artist Simon Sharpe will go this cause. We have not decided which project we will select but we are working on that now.
- We will use another third of our funds to support the local branch of AKUT the independent Turkish Search and Rescue organisation which did such magnificent work rescuing survivors from the rubble.
- The final third we will use to help a local school achieve its dream project. This year we are hlping Ova School create a shaded outdoor classroom.
- Calling swimmers! On a personal level our swim offers you the chance to set an individual open water swim challenge. You can register to start from one of three points, at 500m, 2km or 5.4km (the full island swim) and swim to Kalkan Beach.
AKUT (see above) will provide safety and support services and help us organize the event.
We also are asking for canoeists to support the island swimmers in particular.
To register an interest as a swimmer or a canoeist please send an email (mouseislandswim@hotmail.com) with brief details including
- which of the three starting points you would like to swim from,
- your WhatsAp number
- your name
Formal registration will take place nearer the time.
Join us and commit to raising some money through sponsorship for our causes.
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