Penguin Plunge

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Originally uploaded by LizzieBelle Too.

Since it was in the next town over, and some of my coworkers were jumping in, I decided to go to the Penguin Plunge in Southwick this afternoon. Over 100 people jumped into the freezing lake to raise money for the Westfield Children's Museum. In the picture is Beth, our graphics manager, and Brielle, the daughter of our financial manager, Martine. They were very brave! Also jumping in was Tiffany, the daughter of our circulation manager, Monique.

There were a ton of people there; I had to park waaaaaay up the road, but fortunately they had buses to take us down to the site of the plunge. I got to ride in a school bus for the first time in many years.

The poor folks had to wait around a long time before they got to go in, but fortunately our friends were toward the front of the line so they didn't have to wait as long as some people. I felt badly for them, because most of them were wearing very little clothing, and it was cold! As you can see, they had lots of safety people there, just in case.

There were a few folks from the office there. We had our own little cheering section!

I didn't hang around too long, because my toes were getting numb. It was fun, though, and I'm glad I went!