Swim for Sam. Swimming the Catalina Channel and raising funds for the Gib Sams. On the evening of 10th August 2017 I shall be jumping into the waters around the Island of Santa Catalina and swimming to Long Beach Los Angeles, a distance 32km (20miles). The swim is a planned night and I should arrive in Los Angeles during the morning of the 11th August.

The charity:

“There are a lot of instances where people are feeling in need of emotional support and they need somebody to talk to. Maybe they are really worried about something and they don’t want to talk to their families as they are ashamed”

“The idea of the Samaritans is to have somebody on the other side of the phone. It’s anonymous, you don’t have to say who you are and you don’t know who you are talking to. That person will listen, they are not going to judge you or tell you what to do, and they will help you work out your own problems.”

“You don’t have to be alone. You don’t have to deal with a crisis on your own.”