LAS VEGAS -- After losing her 1-year-old daughter to drowning in their home pool, one Valley woman is working to help families prevent the same tragedy.

"She was gorgeous," said Brianna Rukavina. "I heard that all the time, wherever we went."

Rukavina's daughter, Clayre, wanted to move from the beginning. Rukavina said she started walking at 8 months old and had a knack of getting into -- and out of -- everything.

"I was getting ready for school and Clayre was in front of TV," she said. "Then, things got very quiet. She was always noisy, so I was wondering what was going on."

When Rukavina went downstairs, she said her back door was open and Clayre was gone.

"She loved the pool -- she always wanted to go swimming," she said. "I knew exactly where she was."

Rukavina found Clayre in the pool, under the cover. She grabbed her out of the water and performed CPR, calling 911 in the process.

But it was too late. Clayre was pronounced dead by the responding medical personnel.

"This pain is unbearable," Rukavina said. "I'm not going to go through this for nothing. I have to make a difference in the lives of other parents."

It took the Rukavina family a year to save enough money for the fence around the pool. Clayre died two weeks before the fence was scheduled to be installed.

"I want parents to understand it can happen to anybody," she said.

Through the Clayre Foundation, Rukavina is raising money to help families who can't afford to buy and install fences around the pools.

For more information about the program or to donate to the cause, visit the Clayre Foundation Web site.