51km Swim Across

Lake Ontario

Donate $100 and Dedicate A Kilometre In Honor or Memory of a Loved One!

The swim is in support of Mental Health and Dementia and Alzheimer’s research. Donate today to honor someone still fighting or to remember someone we have lost <3.

1km — Mike Kuipers

2km — Josh Harris

3km — Jack Hubbs

4km — Melvin Snook

5km — Chris Owens

6km — Patricia Mason

7km — Mary Manarin

8km — Mike Lowe

9km — Steve Murray

10km — Dorreen Lockington

11km — Patricia Titus

12km — Anne Bokkers

13km — Cousin Craig

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51km - Dick Kloss

In Memory Of…

Mike Kuipers

1983 - 2022

Spontaneous, Generous, Caring & Comical are all words commonly used to describe our friend Mike Kuipers. Mike died by suicide, just over 1 year ago. Mike was truly the life of every room and party he went to…

Dick Kloss was a devoted Husband, Father, Grandfather and Great Grandfather. He was also a loved and respected foster father, coach and mentor to many other youth who will cherish their memories with Dick and Bert. In 1991, at age 50, Dick completed a personal goal of swimming non-stop, over 42 miles across Lake Huron…

Dick Kloss

1941 - 2021

Supporting Better Mental Health for All

THE CAUSE

We are raising money for the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), Canada's largest mental health teaching hospital. CAMH sets the standards for care, research, education and leading social change.

Jason Kloss

THE SWIMMER

In 2011, Jason Kloss successfully completed a 65km, 26 hour non-stop swim across Lake Huron — raising $22,000 for the Canadian Cancer Society. Jason’s coach was his late grandfather, who completed the same swim exactly 20 years before him.

Now, Jason is challenging himself to swim another Great Lake, and this time to raise money and awareness for a different cause — Mental Health and Suicide Prevention.

Event Details

THE DETAILS

Start: August 9th, 2024

Niagara-On-The-Lake, ON

Finish: August 10th, 2024

Marilyn Bell Park — Toronto, ON

Jason will start his swim on August 9th and will fight cold temperatures, fatigue and night swimming (with low to no visibility) until he hits the shores of Toronto on August 10th — approximately 20hrs later.