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Ask St. Louis: Freezing For A Good Reason, The Polar Bear Plunge

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What better to way to raise funds for Special Olympics than to see how many people would pay good money to watch you freeze your butt off? This year almost 500 people collected donations and made the leap into the frigid waters of Lake St. Louis for the 5th Annual Polar Bear Plunge.

While the weather outside was gorgeous, the temps in that lake weren't nearly as inviting. In fact, even with the Fahrenheit reading in the 70's there were still huge ice chunks in one corner of that freezing cold lake. There were a lot of funny (and a few slightly disturbing) costumes, good spirits all around and a couple of ToastedRavers who ran off a perfectly good sandy beach into the water this year. Click on the Featured Video tab to check out this year's plunge and to see Audrey, Margo and me run off a perfectly good beach into a frigid lake.

Thanks to everyone who supported Special Olympics at this year's Polar Bear Plunge event!

How do you drown a brunette, a red-head and a blonde?
Tell them there is a chocolate shake at the bottom of a freezing lake.

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