Help the Antiparos Medical Centre help us – season 2! The Despotiko Year!

  • €3,450.00
    raised of €3,400.00 goal goal
101% Funded
53 Donors
Raised offline: €450.00
Total: €3,900.00
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Last Summer (July 2017) Dr Sotiris, Iliada and Monica joined the Antiparos-Punta Open Water Channel Swimming Race, a distance of 1450m from Punta in Paros to the Antiparos Port to raise funds for essential medical supplies for the Antiparos Medical Center. With your very generous support, we raised 4,500 euro!

The Antiparos Medical Centre is a vital service providing general and emergency health support for locals and tourists. Whether you have injured yourself in an accident or need support for an ongoing medical condition the doctors and support staff provide their expert diagnosis and treatment to thousands of tourists each Summer. Without this facility, many of us would be in a very difficult or impossible position during our stay on beautiful Antiparos.

The money raised in 2017, (4500 euro) helped purchase the following vital medical supplies needed to keep treating us.

  • nebulizer
  • pediatric equipment (oxymeter,thermometers, manometers)
  • surgical equipment (gloves,sutures, blades, forceps)
  • strips, tapes and tissue glue (dermabond)
  • orthopaedic equipment (slings, casts and narthexes, K-tapes)
  • examiner's chair and saline stand
  • adult blood pressure meters
  • diagnostic equipment (strep A, urine, led lamp)
  • light equipment

In conjunction with the Medical Centre, we have decided it is necessary to repeat our efforts this year. Proceeds will again go directly to the Medical Centre to enable it to keep us in good health!

Unfortunately, for technical reasons, the Antiparos-Punta Swim will not take place this year.

Instead, therefore, Iliada, Monica and Dr. Sotiris will swim from Agios Georgios, in the South of Antiparos, to the small island of Despotiko and back. This is a distance of around 1700 meters, slightly longer than last year's swim. We are delighted that this year we will also be joined by Eleni Mpali. The swim will take place on Sunday 15th July at 12.00 noon.*

We hope you will join our swim mentally, and support the cause by sponsoring as many of us as you like, as often as you like. Anyone who would like to assist is in helping to raise money, please get in touch with Iliada, Monica or Dr Sotiris directly.

Thanks again everyone for your amazing generosity.

* In the event of bad weather, the swim may be postponed for a few days.

Fundraising Team

  • Sotiris Skourtis
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  • Campaign Owner
  • Monica Flynn
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  • Campaign Owner

Donors

€30.00
  • Monica Flynn
  • Donated on Aug 31, 2018
  • Many thanks to the doctors at the Antiparos Medical Centre!

€50.00
  • Aili Strømsted
  • Donated on Aug 31, 2018
€20.00
Aug 27

The Despotiko Swim - the People!

Update posted by Monica Flynn at 06:57 am

On 15th July, a group of swimmers, accompanied by safety boats, helpers and cheering supporters braved the strong wind to swim from Agios Georgios at the south of Antiparos to the small Island of Despotiko and back. The swim, a distance of about 1700 metres, was undertaken to raise funding. . . . .

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Jul 13

Important Information for our Swimmers and Support Group including Onlookers - July 15th Noon

Update posted by Monica Flynn at 07:02 am

With just 2 days to go to the big day, here is some final information for our swimmers. 1. We will swim from the beach at Agios Georgios (Vathis Volos) to the jetty (pier) on Despotiko and back.2. Swimmers (who are all over 21 and have notified us in advance. . . . .

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Jul 09

6 Days Untill the Swim

Update posted by Monica Flynn at 09:32 am

With 6 days to go until the swim to Despotiko and back, we have raised around 35% of our initial target. Our team has expanded and along with Dr. Sotiris, Iliada, Monica and Eleni Mpali, we are delighted to be joined by David, Eleni Viazi, Borghild, ΔΗΜΗΤΡΗΣ, Christina and Giorgos

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Donors & Comments

53 donors
€30.00
  • Monica Flynn
  • Donated on Aug 31, 2018
  • Many thanks to the doctors at the Antiparos Medical Centre!

€50.00
  • Aili Strømsted
  • Donated on Aug 31, 2018
€20.00
  • Anonymous
  • Donated on Aug 30, 2018
  • Continue the great work

€400.00
  • Anonymous
  • Donated on Aug 30, 2018
€500.00
  • Christos Diamantides
  • Donated on Aug 29, 2018
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  • Iliada Stavrinidi
  • Donated on Aug 29, 2018
  • From Kouros Village, a big thank you to the great job the doctors do!

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  • Liz Cawley
  • Donated on Aug 29, 2018
  • Well done Monica and all!! May the medical centre in lovely AP reach its target

€30.00
  • Camilla Paasche Soefteland
  • Donated on Aug 29, 2018
€100.00
€50.00
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€3,450.00
raised of €3,400.00 goal
101% Funded
53 Donors
Raised offline: €450.00
Total: €3,900.00