My love for open water swimming is a means for me to combine swimming with other areas of my life. I’ve teamed up with friends and started Empower Through Education to help raise $10,000 for Trust in Education which builds and supports schools in Afghanistan. Their goal is to bring about peace through education. I am swimming in the Tampa Bay Marathon swim on April 21st and the Manhattan Island Marathon swim on June 23rd.
—Patti Bauernfeind