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PHOTOS: Wakefield Rotary Takes The Polar Plunge

Wakefield Rotary members helped raise thousands of dollars last weekend to fight polio around the world.

  • February 28, 2013
 
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Three Wakefield Rotary members cavort in the 39° water off Long beach with their fellow plungers. (l to r) Tom Stapleton, Terry Holmgren, and Shibu James. Courtesy Photo
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Three Wakefield Rotary members cavort in the 39° water off Long beach with their fellow plungers. (l to r) Tom Stapleton, Terry Holmgren, and Shibu James. Credit Courtesy Photo
Ready, set, go! Amy Luckiewicz, Katheryn LeBranche, Tom Stapleton, and Shibu James head for the water behind Gloucester’s Cape Ann Motor Hotel, the site of this year’s Polar Plunge. Credit Courtesy Photo
"It wasn't as cold as I thought," said Tom Stapleton. This was his second Polar Plunge. Credit Courtesy Photo
Terry Holmgren is triumphant back on the beach, followed by (l to r) Tom Stapleton, Amy Luckiewicz, and Katheryn LeBranche. Credit Courtesy Photo
(l to r) Terry Holmgren, Shibu James, Edward Harding, Amy Luckiewicz, Alison Marsh, and Tom Stapleton have a final message to all those who donated to the Wakefield contingent. $5,432.00 was raised, making the Wakefield chapter the top fundraiser for the event. This represents 9,053 immunizations against polio in those countries where the disease is still to be eradicated. Credit Courtesy Photo
Tom Stapleton and his fellow plungers go for the towels in the brisk wind that had kicked up before the Plunge. Credit Courtesy Photo
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Members of the Wakefield Rotary joined several hundred other people in Gloucester last weekend for the 2013 Polar Plunge. The event raised about $70,000 to help fight polio around the world.

Thanks to David Watts, Jr. for sending in these photos. Watts reported that the Wakefield Rotary led other chapters in fundraising with $5,432 - an amount sufficient to pay for more than 9,000 polio immunizations.

"Since the effort began, all but three countries have seen the end of new polio cases. The latest country is India. The three remaining countries are Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Nigeria," said Watts in an email to Wakefield Patch, noting that a program about this will be airing soon on Wakefield Cable Access TV's public channel.

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