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Oliver Cameron

I'm swimming to save lives

  • This is my first year diving

  • in for youth mental health

Did you know suicide is the leading cause of death for young people in Australia?

That means that each year more young people die by suicide than in car accidents or from cancer.

This March, I'm swimming to make sure young people in Australia have the mental health support they urgently need.

By sponsoring my challenge, you’ll be helping to prevent youth suicide.

All funds raised will help young people feel better about today and the future, no matter what challenge they're facing.

My motivation

I’ve never been a particularly strong swimmer, but Jack would always encourage me to get in the water. If we passed each other midlane he would reach out for a hi five and we’d hold up our fingers at either end to keep count. Usually 10 laps, sometimes 12, never more than 15. We would get coffee after and talk, and this was always the real motivation, for company in the afterglow of a task that made our bodies and minds feel good. Jack died by suicide in October last year. We had planned to go swimming the next morning. It has been difficult to find the courage to swim since then because in the pool I feel his absence so acutely. After 5 months, the reality is that those feelings won’t go away completely. But I want to move through those feelings and not ignore them. I want to greet those memories with fondness and create new ones too. I’ve signed up for Laps for Life to challenge myself, and find some motivation again. It’s for a great cause. If you can make a donation or if you want to join me for a swim sometime in March I’d be really grateful for the support. The goal is 20km, which for a terrestrial being like me feels like a lot! But I know I can do it 🤿🤿🤿

Please Help Me
Reach My Goal

Raised

$3,307

My Goal

$3,100

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My Swim Progress

I've swum

21.50km (0 laps)

My Goal

20km

How do you compare to other participants?

Average Distance Swum: 9m

Average Distance Goal: 16KM

My Impact

So far this year I helped provide...

827

Young people with vital mental health support.

Fundraising Progress

Raised

$3307

My Goal

$3,100

So far, you’ve raised 107% of your fundraising goal!

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$0

My Team Goal

$0

So far, you’ve raised nan% of your fundraising goal!

Raised

$3,600,409

All Goal

$3,600,000

So far, you’ve raised 101% of your fundraising goal!

Thank you to my Sponsors

Life-Saving Donation

$255.54

Sally Payne

Good luck Oli , very important cause x

$208.60

Philip Cameron

A great cause and enjoy the wonderful benefits of swimming.

$200

Mark Wakely

This is such a positive thing you’re doing Oli to help Jack’s legacy, your grief and the personal struggles of many others you’ll never meet. Swim well.

$135.04

Dan Gee

$135.04

Anonymous

$131.97

Sam Illingworth

$120

Michael Mackenzie

$106.12

Holly Cameron

Swim swim swim!!!

$103.72

Meredith Dahlsen

Well done Oliver xx

$94.86

Olga Solar

$94.86

Rose Pullen

$78.45

Leesa Minervini

Thank you Oli Cameron for making this commitment by swimming many many laps to honour your friendship with Jack. Good on you for stepping outside your comfort zone to raise important funds for ReachOut, com .by swimming many laps to also raise awareness to young people struggling with their own demons. To anyone struggling please Reach out

$59.50

Sally Glover

Great job! Oli!!

$56.24

Sarah Finn

Just keep swimming xxxx

$56.24

Will Cook

Go Oli!

$56.24

Kate and Andrew Pearson

Great cause , well done Oliver !

$56.24

Tracey Ho

$56.24

Miki H

$56.24

Fiona Towers

Well done Oli

$56.24

Pete Leung

Good luck mate. Sorry for your loss. I only knew Jack in passing but he was a great guy.

$56.24

Sarah Jane Monaghan

Swim like a fishie Oli

$56.24

Elizabeth Blower

Thankyou for doing something so important x

$54.99

Ingrid Turner

Go Oliver Go!! So sorry to hear about Jack. A perfect way to honour him and help others.xxx

$54.99

Josh Brown

<3

$54.12

Lucy Tulley

I love everything you do Ollie. So proud😘

$54.12

Guy Webster

<3

$54.12

Oliver Cameron

$54.12

Matched by Reef Shark Foundation

$52

Tilly South

Go Oli!

$52

Harry O’Brien

$50

Fiona Ng

Go Ollie! Well done on taking the challenge and fundraising for an excellent cause in honour of Jack. I'm doing the Laps for life too and happy to wrangle the other Polyphony fish to do some laps with you!

$43.60

Lisa-Marie Long

Amazing work Oli

$43.60

Carolyn Mirabito

$43.60

Bridget Hann

$43.60

Jen B

$38.33

Caitlin Pienaar

Keep swimming the good swim Oli

$33.15

Jared Richards

🏊‍♂️❤️

$32.43

Liam Casey

Great work, Oli! I have many fond memories of swimming (and more importantly, gossiping afterwards) with Jack.

$30.94

Derek Wiseman

Thanks Oli, you got this!

$30

Jeremy Kindl

Good luck Oli, what a great cause.

$30

Sean Teasdale

$27.81

Ashly Zhang

$27.81

Suzanne Mobbs

$27.81

Sunny Stubbs

$25

Anonymous

Go Oli go. STM x

$22.58

Anonymous

$22.58

Elizabeth Jigalin

$22.58

Ash Lane

Thank you Oli for raising awareness to this incredible cause

$22.10

Hayley Chan

$17.16

Jimmy Gardiner

This is great Oli! I have lots of fond memories of swimming with Jack too, including when we were on a team for Batyr’s youth suicide prevention fundraising swim. Cheering you on 💕

$11.65

Thomas Hamilton

A beautiful way to honour/remember Jack