Lakeview Polar Bear Club Presents 5th Annual Celebration of Shrinkage - starring Short-Media staff m
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Beepin n' BoopinDetroit, MI Icrontian
Early next year, the 25th of February, 2006, three short-media staff members and several other absolute loons will be taking a nice refreshing swim off the frigid, windy coast of Chicago, IL into sunny Lake Michigan in order to raise money for a family in need.
Every year, the Lakeview Polar Bear Club chooses a family in need and then... well... jumps into really cold water in order to raise that money. Last year was the coldest event in the history of the club - the air temperature was 9F(-12c) and the water was 32.2F (.11c). Suffice to say, it was COLD.
At any rate, we at short-media choose to use the lovely platform of the mass internet media to solicit donations. In exchange for your donation, besides helping a family in need, you get to see one of the owners of Short-Media.com embarass himself in front of thousands by writing messages on his body in exchange for donations.
You can read more about last year's event here and here.
As I did last year, I will be selling my body as a billboard to raise money. Last year my flabbergasting flubber was worth over $200, and this year I'm gunning for $300.
I have a secret though - I'm rapidly losing weight, and I've dropped 21 pounds since then, so I'm not sure how much of me will be left by February. By the time the lake jump of 2007 rolls around, I might be as skinny as Marc, so this could be your last chance to see me embarass myself for the sake of charity.
So for the low price of at least $25, you can get a small message on MAH BELLAH or other part of my torso.
Get in while the getting is good! PM me if you want to donate
Source: ShortMedia
Every year, the Lakeview Polar Bear Club chooses a family in need and then... well... jumps into really cold water in order to raise that money. Last year was the coldest event in the history of the club - the air temperature was 9F(-12c) and the water was 32.2F (.11c). Suffice to say, it was COLD.
At any rate, we at short-media choose to use the lovely platform of the mass internet media to solicit donations. In exchange for your donation, besides helping a family in need, you get to see one of the owners of Short-Media.com embarass himself in front of thousands by writing messages on his body in exchange for donations.
You can read more about last year's event here and here.
As I did last year, I will be selling my body as a billboard to raise money. Last year my flabbergasting flubber was worth over $200, and this year I'm gunning for $300.
I have a secret though - I'm rapidly losing weight, and I've dropped 21 pounds since then, so I'm not sure how much of me will be left by February. By the time the lake jump of 2007 rolls around, I might be as skinny as Marc, so this could be your last chance to see me embarass myself for the sake of charity.
So for the low price of at least $25, you can get a small message on MAH BELLAH or other part of my torso.
Get in while the getting is good! PM me if you want to donate
Source: ShortMedia
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Glad I have two kids already.... I may never reproduce again. :shakehead
Sign me up
That's a very special way to help people and recieve donation
Good luck to all of those who will get their body in this water tough, i live in quebec and we have pretty cold temp after summer. I've done one time a 'near winter' swim in a lake with water temp at ~10 degree for fun and i must say it was not fun at all hah
It was not a jump tough, i gradually get my body in the water in like 5 minutes hah
So its Brian, Q, and me so far. Gnome are you gonna come along? It would be a great time. This is open to anyone that would like to come along and take a dive. Even if you dont jump in and can watch us freeze our asses off!
Yeah I basically couldnt feel my whole lower body at all by the time I got out since I was standing at the point where a small wave would come up and catch my twig and berries. It took me awhile to warm up even after we got back to the apt.
Well, best to you on this PS. If you DO come back next year- maybe go for more than $25
I had this vision about the coming day of your swim ...
... it even came to me as a JPEG file ...
That was a huge success. We were able to raise $1205 for the MDA
Thanks again to everybody who donated online for that. We raised over $800 in online donations.
Sorry, I don't donate prime. Wish I could but its not easy at the moment. Hopefully, one day I can if your still jumping in freezing oceans...
Just a hint or two from a former Cape Cod Jan 1st Atlantic Ocean Polar Bear.
This works well if you don't spend a lot of time on the beach, before your plunge that is.
After you park your car, take a couple big fluffy towels, folded loosely, and wrapped in tin foil, and place them under the hood of your car. If you don't take too long, the engine will empart a nice amount of residual heat into those towels. Metal dissipates heat quicky, though, so if you take too long this won't work. A few disposable heat packs for your shoes will help you warm back up. Just remember to wear socks with then. Never put these heat packs directly on your skin, most heat up to 120 degrees or more. With cold skin, you can get burned by them quickly. tape a couple right below the armpits of a t-shirt (OUTSIDE only!! - again, BURNS) to help bring your core temp back up.
A thermos full of your favorite WARM, not hot, tea will help out too. If the tea is too hot your body will have a hard time with it, Our bodies look for balance, The tea should be around 100 - 110 degrees. Any higher and it will actually make you colder, as your body tries to cool down all that hot liquid entering your body, by drawing more blood from your extremities..