From our Chairwoman, Olga...

I DID IT! I escaped from Alcatraz on August 27th & became the first Ukrainian in history who has ever swum across cold waters and strong extreme currents of San Francisco bay & did escape from Alcatraz swim :-)

I've accomplished my 1.4 mile swim in 45 minutes, which put me into top 10% of the female swimmers who have ever done the crossing.

I did it to support the projects of Depaul Ukraine, a groundbreaking charity working with street children, homeless young people and adults in Ukraine.

The swim was very hard not only because of cold water at +15C, distance- 1.4 mile and the wind, but mainly because of the extreme strong and unpredictable currents and tides of San Francisco bay. I swam half of the distance fighting the current, that was extremely difficult & challenging.

But my effort is nothing comparing with the challenge that life puts to the thousand homeless people Depaul is helping to everyday.

It is still not late to support me & donate money to Depaul to help street children and young people. Will you make a difference in somebody's life? Will you support me to let Depaul support them???

www.justgiving.com/Olga-Swims-Alcatraz