Amid brisk winds Polar Bear group plunges into 2012 450 take the Plunge Lake Michigan Record crowd participates in Connellsville's Flacco won't be attending Saturday Swimmers plunge Erie donate cold cash Images The Week In Pictures 2011 Wis. Club head makes 60th icy Photos Images; Waukegan Pittsburgh new year Nation focus Brrr! Icy Plunges Planned for New Year’s Day Head of his Hundreds jump frigid Boston Harbor Maine's raises more than $16K

2012 Plunge: Text Messages Of Support Hundreds of text messages support those dipping in the frigid water for the 16th annual Polar Bear Plunge. Polar Bear Plunge tradition continues Temperatures are expected to be unseasonably warm Saturday, as swimmers prepare for the 16th-anual Maryland Polar Bear Plunge. The event, put on by the Maryland State Police to benefit Special Olympics Maryland, has brought out some colorful costumes and notable celebrities over the years. Take a look at some of The Baltimore Sun's best pictures from past events. Warm day likely as swimmers prepare for polar plunge 12,000 people came to Maryland Polar Bear Plunge benefit last year Thousands of half-naked and charitable Marylanders are set to jump in the icy cold Chesapeake Bay Saturday morning for the Maryland State Police's 16th annual Polar Bear Plunge. Pre-Polar Bear Plunge Chills Morning Crew LEE'S SUMMIT, Mo. — FOX 4′s Karli Ritter, Nick Vasos and 9 a.m. producer Camissa Hill braved 39-degree water temperatures... Flacco won't be attending Polar Bear Plunge Saturday Ravens quarterback drops out of this year's Polar Bear Plunge, citing need to "decompress" with his family Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco won't be attending Saturday's 16th annual MSP Polar Bear Plunge, citing personal reasons. Polar Plunge Feb. 11 to raise funds for Special Olympics LAKE VIKING — Chillicothe Correctional Center, Crossroads Correctional Center and Daviess County Sheriff's Office is dispatching a call from hibernation for all Polar Bears as the 4th annual Polar Bear Plunge will be Saturday, Feb. 11. Eighth Annual Polar Bear Plunge at TR Park Beach, Benefits ucpn The United Cerebral Palsy Association of Nassau County, Inc. (ucpn) will be hosting its 8th annual Polar Bear Plunge benefit fundraiser. The event will be held Sunday, March 11, 2012 at Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Park, Beach & Marina in Oyster Bay, with festivities to begin at 1 p.m. and the plunge to take place at 2 p.m. (This is the day that clocks are turned an hour ahead, good way to ... Flacco won't be at this weekend's Polar Bear Plunge Ravens quarterback cites personal reasons in missing charity event Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco, a regular at the Polar Bear Plunge, will not be attending this weekend's benefit for Special Olympics Maryland, the nonprofit said. The event's Facebook page says he is "taking some time ... to decompress from the abrupt end of the Ravens' season." Flacco won't be attending the Polar Bear Plunge on Saturday Ravens quarterback cites personal reasons in missing charity event Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco won't be attending Saturday's 16th MSP Polar Bear Plunge, citing personal reasons. Cracking the ice for Special Olympics Taking a chilly dip to support Special Olympics Minnesota, thousands have participated in the annual Polar Bear Plunge, diving into frozen lakes across the frigid state for the past 15 years – but never in Anoka County.
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