Special Olympics Polar Bear Plunge 2008 – Seaside Heights, NJ

February 23rd, 2008 Posted in Polar Bear Plunges


I survived polar plunge #6. Click here for some of our photos and a video.

The water temperature was 38 degrees, 5 degrees warmer than the air. Around 2,400 plungers raised more than $800,000 in donations for Special Olympics New Jersey.

Special thanks to Anthony and Redhead fangirl for braving the elements to cheer us on. Congratulations to my friend John who plunged for the 1st time. He says that he’ll be back next year.

I enjoyed the celebration afterwards. It was fun drinking a beer with Anthony, John & the redhead. My toes thawed out on the drive home. I brought a fair share of sand back with me too.

Thanks to my co-workers, family and friends who donated for my plunge. I raised $334 this year.

Thanks to Redhead fangirl for taking all of the photos. You might notice that during the plunge someone is singing God bless America. This year, everyone jumped the gun and ran in early. I followed everyone else. When I got back out, the announcer commented that there was 40 seconds until the official plunge. I decided that once was enough.


Photo from Asbury Park Press
Jumping in cold: 2,400 plungers know there’s a reason why they’re freezing. Read article here…

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  1. 10 Responses to “Special Olympics Polar Bear Plunge 2008 – Seaside Heights, NJ”

  2. By Redhead Fangirl on Feb 23, 2008

    Congrats to you! It was such a wet, raw day at the shore, but you plowed ahead!

     

     

  3. By Danielle in Iowa on Feb 23, 2008

    Crazy! :-)

     

     

  4. By Little Sis on Feb 23, 2008

    Yay!! Looks like you had fun again this year!

     

     

  5. By Bill on Feb 23, 2008

    way to go!!! are you warm yet?

     

     

  6. By Ted on Feb 24, 2008

    Unbelievable!!! I am too chicken. I cannot imagine doing this myself. I will never do this in a million years. You and everyone else have more guts than me. This is purely insane!!!!!

     

     

  7. By Danny on Feb 24, 2008

    Well done! I don’t even like going outside in this weather…

     

     

  8. By Rae on Feb 24, 2008

    That is wicked cold sounding and looking!!! Great job, you’ve got to keep your streak going!!

     

     

  9. By Phillygirl2873 on Feb 25, 2008

    Sorry I didn’t make it out to cheer you on. I love the video with RHF laughing and Mr S saying “Oh my God.”

     

     

  10. By Anne on Feb 26, 2008

    I’d have jumped the gun too. Thanks for being such a good sport, and for such a good cause.

     

     

  11. By david on Feb 27, 2008

    Most people in that photo look like they have plenty of natural insulation from the cold. I’d be an ice cube in no time.

     

     

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