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Gebert-Arbaugh Polar Bear Challenge: Day-of registration at 10 a.m. with the plunge at 11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 6, Spring Shores Marina, 74 Arrowrock Road, Boise. Jump, water ski or wakeboard in the ...
Jan. 1: Bradford Beach Polar Bear Plunge. A popular Milwaukee New Year's Day tradition, the Polar Bear Plunge at Bradford Beach, returns for another year on Monday, Jan. 1 at noon.The annual ...
Hundreds of people crowded Bradford Beach New Year's Day at noon and rang in 2024 by running into the chilly waters of Lake Michigan. Milwaukee's Polar Bear Plunge has been a popular New Year's ...
The Polar Bear Plunge event in Maryland is the largest polar bear plunge in the United States. It is held annually at Sandy Point State Park and raises funds for the Special Olympics. [ 42 ] Sponsored by the Maryland State Police , in 2007, Plungapalooza raised $2.2 million and had 7,400 participants. [ 43 ]
National Bloody Mary Day. National Hangover Day. New Year’s Day. Polar Bear Plunge Day. January 2. Happy Mew Year for Cats Day. National Buffet Day. National Cream Puff Day. Motivation and ...
The club in the water in December 2013 New Years Day 2011. The Coney Island Polar Bear Club is the oldest winter bathing organization in the United States, whose members regularly take polar bear plunges in the winters. [1] The club was founded by famed health advocate Bernarr McFadden in 1903. [2]
Many zoos use the day to educate about polar bear conservation and to encourage visits to polar bear exhibits. [6] [7] It has also had some political impact. Jack Shapiro, the deputy climate campaign manager under American president Barack Obama, used the day to argue for the need for Congressional action on the issue of climate change. [8]
On a cool, clear morning, about 3,000 people gathered at Cayucos State Beach on New Year’s Day to start 2024 with a splash. As part of the 44th annual Carlin Soulé Memorial Polar Bear Dip ...