It all comes down to love, Susie tells aid luncheon

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23 May 2004

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It all comes down to love, Susie tells aid luncheon

MAGIC OF BOOKS: Susie Maroney (left) and Moya Potts of the Catholic Women’s League pictured at the Parliament House luncheon

“People often ask me,” says champion endurance swimmer Susie Maroney: “Why do I swim so far? why do I put my body through the pain?

“I guess it comes down to love – a love of water and of setting goals and the wonderful satisfaction of reaching these goals.

“There is also a love for my family, my coach and friends who support me no matter what.”

Susie was addressing a Catholic Women’s League luncheon at Parliament House to raise funds for the Mary MacKillop Institute and its work in East Timor.

The $5000 raised will help in the building of a school in Lau-Vou, in East Timor’s Gugleur district, and to give children there the oppor-tunity to learn to read and write.

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