welcome to heartswim

NEWS FLASH - Fundraising totals have been finalised and HeartSwim is exceptionally pleased to annouce a total of $44 247 has been raised this year for The Heart Foundation. This is triple the amount raised from last year. So well done to all the fundraisers and supporters of HeartSwim.

Fundraising Winners Announced - Click here

Corporate

Congratulations to BHP Save the Whales for raising $7222. BHP Billiton entered four teams in the Corporate Challenge and was very generous in its support of HeartSwim by matching all of the employees fundraising amounts. This means that a total of $12 017 was raised by the four BHP Billiton teams. We thank you for your support.

Family & Community

Congratulations to Big White. Julian Mills and his team raised an impressive $6001.

All money raised goes directly to the Heart Foundation for medical research.  Remember cardiovascular disease kills one Australian nearly every 10 minutes.

HeartSwim Says Thank You- click here for results

Congratulations to all the competitors, volunteers, spectators and of course our generous sponsors who joined together to make HeartSwim 2009 a great success.

It was a fantastic afternoon of swimming and fun.  A total distance of 246.55 kilometres was swum by 48 teams.  This distance can be compared to twelve and a half Cottesloe to Rottnest crossings or the distance from Perth to Busselton!  Well done.

What is HeartSwim?

HeartSwim 2009 makes a splash on Saturday, 7 November 2009 when Masters Swimming WA and VenuesWest - Challenge Stadium, Western Australia’s largest and premium aquatic facility, combine their skills and resources to coordinate a fabulous community swimming event raising funds for the Heart Foundation.

HeartSwim is both a fundraising and fitness challenge. The event is being conducted as a 90-minute relay where each team of five swimmers from community, family and the corporate world will swim continuously in tag-team format in two heated pools at Challenge Stadium.  HeartSwim is a fun and unique event that, with your help, will raise money for the Heart Foundation’s lifesaving work.  To find out more about HeartSwim including how it works and who can enter click here.

On the day there will be a chance for all participants to win spot prizes, as well as prizes for fundraising achievements and team participation.  There is also a chance to win a Rival Force Swim Suit.

The objectives of HeartSwim are to:

• Raise funds for the Heart Foundation and to promote awareness andunderstanding of the work of the foundation to reduce the incidence of cardiovascular disease and its impact in the community
• Conduct an event that promotes the importance of physical activity for all members of the community
• Develop an event with the potential to expand.
  
  

Team Sponsorship Opportunity

This is how you can help. 
By sponsoring a team you are donating to this very important cause and will receive an official receipt from the Heart Foundation which is tax deductible.  You can do this on-line by following the link to My Cause - Heart Swim.

Summary

We are confident that this exciting event that is now part of our calendar will successfully engage the wider community in raising funds to assist in the fight against heart disease while making a positive contribution to their own health by participating in physical activity. 

Cardiovascular disease kills one Australian nearly every 10 minutes and accounts for 34% of all deaths in Australia (2006)
Raise money for the Heart Foundation and help fight
Australia’s biggest killer.