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1) NEW!! With your help we have now raised over $100,000!! Thank You for your generous support.

 

2) NEW!! CCFL now has its own blog where you will find a LIVE commentary of Kaise's swim when he heads off to England soon, you can also post any comments of support.

 

3) A successful fund raising night was held on the 14th of June. We would like to thank Assyrian Sports & Cultural Club, our special guests, the volunteers for the night and all those who generously donated. Please see the Photos section for images from this function.

 

4) Kaise appears on Channel 7 - The Morning Show.

 

The live interview was conducted on the 12th of June at around 9:10 - 9:15 am. If you missed the segment it will be uploaded onto YouTube at:

 

youtube.com/themorningshow

 

We thank Channel 7 for their support of this campaign.

 

5) Kaise’s training intensifies as the countdown begins. Click “Events” for more details.

 

6) A successful family fund raising night was held on the 24th of May. We would like to thank Nineveh Club, Assyrian Aust. Association (AAA) and all those who generously donated.

7) Kaise completed a 33km swim in 17 degree water which took him 11 hours. This was a trial swim for the actual English Channel swim.

8) Click "Blog" to view Channel Crossing for Life video clip.

9) Successful events have been held with:

  • Munich Reinsurance,
  • Mounties,
  • The Institute of Actuaries of Australia; 
  • Finity Actuarial Consulting;
  • Taylor Fry Actuarial Consulting;
  • Insurance Australia Group - Actuarial Research
  • GIO - Actuarial Research

We would like to thank these organisations for their support and also to all those who attended these functions.

10) Kaise's total swimming training has reached the equivalent distance from Sydney to Perth!!!

11) Kaise recently participated in the Bronte - Bondi and the Cole Classic swimming events (Pics have been added to the Photos page).

12) The Institute of Actuaries of Australia (IAAust) has agreed to help support Channel Crossing for Life.

13) Susie Maroney  one of Australia's greatest long distance swimmers has agreed to support a Channel Crossing for Life Initiative.

Watch this space for further details!!
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Channel Crossing for Life is an initiative by Kaise Stephan to attempt a swim across the English Channel while raising funds for the Oncology Unit of the Children's Hospital at Westmead.

We ask for your support to help save kids lives.

We have raised over $100,000!!! Thank You for your continued support.

7 DAYS TILL THE BIG SWIM

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Latest Statistics  

Total Donations collected as at 02/07/2008:

$108,906.69

Your donation can help us reach our target!   

                                                                   

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Below are some stats on Kaise's preparation for the big day.

Updated as at week beginning 15 May 2008
Date of Swim 10 Jul 2008
[1] Swimming distance trained to date:                4,207 km
[2] Distance expected to be trained in the future:                   486  km
[3] Total expected distance                4,693 km
Swimming distances trained to date
Sydney to Canberra                14.51 times
Sydney to Perth 101%

 
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