By Aaron Holm -
Of course yesterday was the big event up at Lake Calhoun where a couple thousand people gathered to watch a few folks clearly not in their right mind jump into a frozen lake. The Polar Bear Plunge by all accounts was a total success and yesterdays event to date has raised over 1 million dollars for the Special Olympics of Minnesota.
While waiting to plunge myself I ran into a very green Nordy who had a GoPro strapped to his head and was flanked by Kevin Gorg, Mike Greenlay and a few others from the Fox Sports North crew. It was quite the event folks, I highly recommend getting involved when this rolls around next year.
I'd like to thank those that donated, helping me become the top fundraiser on my plunge team The Bare Necessities with over 360 dollars and for anyone that may have donated to the other teams participating in the event. I will definitely be back to participate in the event next year.
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