NYCkayaker New Year's with the Polar Bears

[Tim Gamble]

Hey Guys,

Unfortunately I will be out of town on New Year's this year, but I wanted
to pass along an invite from the Coney Island Polar Bears.

Last year, Harry, and I did some topless rolling, and Marcella went for a
swim. It's a lot of fun, and I'd be there if I could.

http://timspictures.shutterfly.com/action/?a=8Kas2Lhs5Ykk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pct2uqDK334


In years past we have just been able to drive-up and launch right at the
beach. We get there a little ahead of time, and get out in the water,
san's PFDs, drysuits, or shirts, and then do rolls as the masses hit the
water.

It is to raise money for charity so please do register.

The first year a drunk guy climbed on my boat and flipped me, but that is
part of the fun. We usually do a paddle out to breezy pt or something
afterward.

Invite from Capri follows:
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Please grace us with your presence this January 1st, 2008

Pass this along to other kayakers too. Thanks - Capri.



WHAT:              Coney Island Polar Bears - Camp Sunshine - New Year's
Day Polar Plunge

WHEN:             1/1/08 @ 1PM (arrive by 11AM)

WHERE:           Coney Island @ Stillwell Avenue on the Boardwalk

CONTACT:        Louis Scarcella - President of the Coney Island Polar
Bears

                        Tel: 718.356.7741

                        Cell: 917.362.8185

                        Email: LNS92 at aol.com

                        www.polarbearclub.org
<http://www.polarbearclub.org/>



WHY:               Help us help children diagnosed with life-threatening
diseases and their families.

                        Last year we raised $25,000 - we hope to double
that amount in 2008.



Why a New York based event for a camp in Maine?



Since the opening of Camp Sunshine's year-round campus in 2001, more ill
children and their families

have come from New York than any other state in the nation.  In 2007,
190 families from New York

participated in Camp Sunshine's program.  Sadly, even with multiple
sessions being added annually

at Camp Sunshine, there are still many more children from New York being
newly diagnosed each year.



Camp Sunshine's program continues to be recommended by the following New
York treatment centers:

Mount Sinai Medical Center, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center,
Schneider's Children's Hospital,

Children's Hospital at Montefiore, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer
Center, New York University Medical Center,

Brooklyn Hospital Center, Westchester Medical Center, Stony Brook
Medical Center, and numerous others.





Pre-register online at:



www.freezinforareason.com




Thank you.



Capri Djatiasmoro  capri at mj-edelman.com


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Tim Gamble