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Celebrities support the cold plunge on New Year’s Day
Dippers gear up to jump into Lake Ontario
ONTARIO, OAKVILLE (December 31, 2010) – Hundreds of dippers including celebrities and out-of-towners plan to run into the icy cold waters of Lake Ontario at the 26th Annual Courage Polar Bear Dip on New Year’s Day.
The Courage Polar Bear Dip is Toronto’s most supported New Year’s Day charitable tradition. More than $660,000 has been raised to provide clean water in developing countries since the first dip in 1985. This year’s goal is to raise $150,000 which will complete the Manonga Water and Sanitation Project in Tanzania and bring clean water to 6,000 people.
"The Courage Brothers Polar Bear Dip is proof of what's possible when caring people come together for a meaningful cause--like clean water for Africa,” says Michael Messenger, Executive Vice President of World Vision Canada. “The water projects funded by Polar Bear Dip supporters deliver real and lasting change to vulnerable children and their communities. We're thankful for this incredible partnership.”
Celebrities, including Colin Mochrie and Deb McGrath, will be on hand to cheer on the 600 costumed dippers along with thousands of spectators.
FACTS
What:
26th Annual Courage Polar Bear Dip
Where:
Coronation Park, Oakville
(Lakeshore Road West just east of Third Line)
When:
Saturday January 01, 2011
Registration & Live Music begins at 12:30 p.m.
Costume Contest at 1:15 p.m.
Dip at 2 p.m. sharp
Visual: Celebrities, (including Colin Mochrie and Deb McGrath); 5,000 spectators, 600 costumed dippers running into Lake Ontario; World Vision warm-up tent with water consumption display.
For further information or interviews contact:
Peter Turkington
Strategic Communications Solutions PR
Direct Phone: 905.901.9218
Cell Phone: 905.483.0155
Email: pturkington@stratcommsolutions.ca
Twitter: www.twitter.com/SCSPR
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23rd Courage Polar Bear Dip to start 2008 off with a splash
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December 5, 2007
A refreshing start to the New Year with Canada’s largest charitable polar bear dip
December 5, 2007, OAKVILLE -- The weather is perfect; sun shining brightly and not a cloud in the sky. It's the perfect day to be on the beach. Suddenly, a cool wind blows in from the west as the thermometer reads a balmy…- 14 degrees C.
"We're less than a month away from one of the craziest and most exciting events of the winter," says Trent Courage, co-founder of the Dip.
The 23rd Annual Courage Brothers' Polar Bear Dip, Canada's largest charitable dip, will support fresh water projects in Sudan through World Vision Canada.
"It's water for water," says the dip's other co-founder, Todd Courage. "By jumping into freezing cold water, our supporters will help raise enough money to drill bore holes, build wells, install water pumps and repair damaged wells in 4 villages in Sudan."
The Courage Brothers' Polar Bear Dip started in 1985 when only five dippers plunged into Lake Ontario from a Burlington residence. Now the Courage Brothers' Polar Bear Dip attracts over 400 dippers and 5,000 spectators to Coronation Park, Oakville, each January 1.
"It really is quite an event. With a costume contest, live music, prizes, hot drinks, along with all the excitement and fun, it's a carnival-like atmosphere," says Rob, who has participated in this dip for five years. "But what's most refreshing about dipping into the icy waters of Lake Ontario is the money it raises and the good news that the dip brings to some of the less developed communities around the world."
For the past 13 years, The Courage Brothers' Polar Bear Dip has partnered with World Vision to fund water projects in countries such as:
To donate or become a corporate sponsor visit www.polarbeardip.ca
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 5, 2007
A refreshing start to the New Year with Canada’s largest charitable polar bear dip
December 5, 2007, OAKVILLE -- The weather is perfect; sun shining brightly and not a cloud in the sky. It's the perfect day to be on the beach. Suddenly, a cool wind blows in from the west as the thermometer reads a balmy…- 14 degrees C.
"We're less than a month away from one of the craziest and most exciting events of the winter," says Trent Courage, co-founder of the Dip.
The 23rd Annual Courage Brothers' Polar Bear Dip, Canada's largest charitable dip, will support fresh water projects in Sudan through World Vision Canada.
"It's water for water," says the dip's other co-founder, Todd Courage. "By jumping into freezing cold water, our supporters will help raise enough money to drill bore holes, build wells, install water pumps and repair damaged wells in 4 villages in Sudan."
The Courage Brothers' Polar Bear Dip started in 1985 when only five dippers plunged into Lake Ontario from a Burlington residence. Now the Courage Brothers' Polar Bear Dip attracts over 400 dippers and 5,000 spectators to Coronation Park, Oakville, each January 1.
"It really is quite an event. With a costume contest, live music, prizes, hot drinks, along with all the excitement and fun, it's a carnival-like atmosphere," says Rob, who has participated in this dip for five years. "But what's most refreshing about dipping into the icy waters of Lake Ontario is the money it raises and the good news that the dip brings to some of the less developed communities around the world."
For the past 13 years, The Courage Brothers' Polar Bear Dip has partnered with World Vision to fund water projects in countries such as:
- South Africa
- Malawi
- Tanzania
- Honduras
- Nicaragua
- Rwanda
- Afghanistan
- South East Asia (tsunami relief)
- Kenya
To donate or become a corporate sponsor visit www.polarbeardip.ca
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For further information contact:
Peter Turkington
Strategic Communications Solutions
Public Relations Solutions
ON BEHALF OF THE 23RD ANNUAL
COURAGE BROTHERS' POLAR BEAR DIP
Direct Phone: 905.901.9218
Email: pturkington@stratcommsolutions.ca
Peter Turkington
Strategic Communications Solutions
Public Relations Solutions
ON BEHALF OF THE 23RD ANNUAL
COURAGE BROTHERS' POLAR BEAR DIP
Direct Phone: 905.901.9218
Email: pturkington@stratcommsolutions.ca
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