Jan 22, 2009

Week 97: Polar Bear Plunge

No, I did not let Tate jump into ultra cold water in a dirty fishing lake, I let Chuck.
I'm not sure exactly how it came about, but Chuck, as part of the Craighead Electric polar plunge team, jumped into Lake Walcott last Saturday. Can you believe it? I can't. But, then again, I'm the one in the family who is perpetually cold. Nonetheless Tate and I were on hand to show our support for our main man.
Before the actually "jump" Tate helped to kept Chuck warm and gave him a pep talk. I must say Tate was amazed that people, including his otherwise intelligent father, were actually getting in the water on such a cold day.
As our outing was coming to a close, Tate made a new friend, one of the four-legged variety.
In the end I was quite proud of Chuck and his co-workers. Not only did they jump into freezing cold water on a cold day, they managed to raise $4,700 for the Special Olympics.




1 comment:

Amy Barrett said...

I am very proud of you guys for raising so much money for such a good cause but could you not have came up with a better thing to celebrate than by jumping in a lake with freezing temperatures????? haha.