Despite booze ban, fundraiser still draws big crowds, big money
By TINA REED, Staff Writer
By TINA REED, Staff Writer
Capital Gazette Communications
Published
01/30/11
Jackie Olson showed little fear yesterday as she stood at the edge of the Chesapeake Bay wearing little more than shorts and a T-shirt in 33-degree weather.
By Shannon Lee Zirkle — The Capital
Robin Oats of Linthicum takes a quick dip into the Chesapeake Bay at Sandy Point State Park yesterday during the Maryland State Police Polar Bear Plunge to raise money for Special Olympics Maryland. She was one of an estimated 12,000 participants to plunge in the 15th annual event.
Participants in the plunge take a quick dip in the Chesapeake Bay to raise funds for Special Olympics Maryland, the state's largest year-round organization devoted to sports training and competition for children and adults with intellectual disabilities.
She and about 30 volunteer firefighters she was teamed with are used to physically challenging situations. "You've got to do it once and put it on your bucket list," said Olson, a volunteer firefighter coordinator for the county Fire Department, before falling into a crowd of hundreds of people splashing into the frigid waters before quickly splashing their way back to shore.
It was part of the 15th annual Maryland State Police Polar Bear Plunge. The event is...
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First Timer - 2011-02-01 08:46:26
I did the Polar Bear Plunge for the first time this year and thought it was great.It wasn't nearly as cold as I thought it would be.Don't get me wrong, I ran in and back out and threw a sweatshirt on.I definitely plan on doing it again next year.
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Paulie 'D'... - 2011-01-30 20:57:32
I am so tempted to make a Special Olympics joke involving the DJ from the cast of 'Jersey Shore'.... I am a bad person and must shut my face!
I was there. It was cold. I didnt get to drink. They had massage there this year, which was interesting. I always wondered if there should be other charitys attatched to the event, since it is so popular.
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interesting.... - 2011-01-30 09:22:59
i clicked on this to see what the people who did this had to say...... where are you ?? how did you like it.... first time... second... talk me into it...tell me how much fun you had..... congrats !!!
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