2012 Polar Bear Plunge
Benefits The Special Olympics of
Pennsylvania
Saturday, January 28th,
Neshaminy State Park, thousands gather to observe The Annual Polar Bear Plunge,
hundreds gather to take The Plunge, the stage is all set, everything is in line, except, Mother Nature again throws us a curve.
??? 50 plus degrees outside ??? It was like a fall day when you are preparing to take your boat out of
the water.In years past, temperatures
were in the low teens, Wind Chill Factors were well below ZERO, people huddled
around heaters, crews dug trenches in the snow / ice to make a path into the
water and we even dug out bunkers to place tents in.That is how we have come to know the The
Polar Bear Plunge.This was no Polar
Bear weather, it was more like a Koala Bear Party as Saturday was a
Bee-You-Tee-Full Sunny day.It made for
a great day for everyone to join together, raise funds for a good
cause, and be a part of a huge tailgate party.
Riverwinds YC &
Westville PBA arrived in their usual bus, filled with anxious plungers in
costumes and dressed for Mardi-Gras.DRYL Queen Kaity took the plunge for the second year in a row and had
the company of 2 Princesses ( Miss BOC and Miss RWYC ).Wissinominy YC had a box-truck / mobile juice
bar and made sure everyone had their required daily dose of Vitimin C, and
Neshaminy Harbor YC arrived early to pop up the tents / changing area complete
with coffee, tea, hot cocoa and Krispy Kreme Donuts!
Other clubs that showed
up were PYC, WEBC, RYC, QCYC, RDYC, FSA, Bord YC, YAC and BOC.TEAM DRYL donation totals have yet to be
added up, we should know later this week, what we do know, we had over 30
Plungers and over a dozen clubs showed up in support of the S.O.P. and to share another day
with friends from up and down our river.To make the day even nicer, as always, PYC opened their doors and made
sure everyone had enough to eat and drink, and as always, they did this at no
cost to anyone who came thru their doors.Another thing that PYC does each year is donate any money collected
and all bar tips that afternoon to the Special Olympics of Penna.They are a very generous and kind group of
people.What a day!Nothing is better than getting together with
friends and other good people, having a good time and raising money for a good
cause.
I would like to PYC for
all their efforts, WYC for their Vitamin C drinks, and I cannot give enough
thanks to NHYC members Steve & Mary Czerniak, Tony Williams, Ed Strange and
Jeff Sweeny for arriving early to set everything up, grabbing us a spot and
supplying us with heat and generators.Cannot forget to mention that PYCs Mike O'Malley again raised the most
funds for TEAM DRYL.And lastly, a big
thank you to Candyce Holmstrup for taking pictures and sharing her love of with
photography with us.
Please enjoy the
pictures below taken by yours truly and click
here to view more pictures taken by DRYL Photographer Candyce Holmstrup. -
Juice
