Milena is doing the challenge for the RNLI to say thank you after her daughter, 12, was swept out to sea.
LIFE-SAVING CHARITY: Milena Smith, a mother from Birkenhead took on a mammoth swimming challenge after a harrowing incident
Since June the brave mum has swam every day to raise funds for the charity that is now very close to her heart. Every day throughout June Milena swam 20 lengths in her local swimming pool, to thank the RNLI. Milena is certain that without the volunteer crew at Barmouth, her family’s future would have been very different.
Despite struggling with soreness and feeling exhausted during the challenge, Milena persevered and refused to take a day off. After completing the swimathon she said: ‘I’m really proud of myself for completing this challenge. If you’d have told me a year ago that I’d have just finished a month-long swimathon I wouldn’t have believed you.
‘I’m so glad that people have supported me by donating to the RNLI. I did the swimathon and raised money as my way of thanking the lifeboat crew at Barmouth who saved our daughter Mabel and to the RNLI for spreading thewhich helped my daughter Elsie to save herself and her sister during the incident. I hope my story inspires people to learn to swim, and that they listen to the RNLI’s guidance to keep themselves and their families safe.
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