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February 26, 2010

Anonymous The Cooperstown Crier Fri Feb 26, 2010, 11:49 AM EST

Our hats go off to all jumpers who took the plunge into freezing-cold water during the 15th annual Goodyear Lake Polar Bear Jump held on Saturday.

Sometimes people tend to forget what the event is all about and get all wrapped up in the excitement that comes along with the rush of doing something so gutsy. This is why we would like to recognize the courageous jumpers, but more importantly would like to say kudos to those individuals and businesses that provide sponsorship and assisted in making the event a success. Times are hard economically, yet the participants were able to raise more than $80,000. Organizers said they were in shock because they had only hoped to be able to match last year’s earnings, which was more than $60,000.

Brenda Waters, who has been organizing the event with her husband, Jamie, since its inception, said the turnout was just great with more than 340 jumpers this year. Each year the event becomes more and more popular and Brenda said she doesn’t think she and her husband could stop the event even if they wanted to.

Brenda said she knows many people like to watch the actual jump but encourages everyone to go to the afterjump ceremony because that is where people will really get hooked. The ceremony provides an opportunity for sponsors and participants to meet the children in need and see that their money is going for a good cause, she said. There were many tears of emotion and we were able to hand out more than $10,000 to our local recipients this year, said Brenda.

We agree with Waters. Although the jump is something entertaining and unique to see, people should not skip out on the ceremony. It is not often people can actually watch and observe where their donations are going _ to their local community members in need. We would also like to tip out hats to Jamie and Brenda Waters for doing such a good job organizing the event each year. The jump keeps growing, not only in the number of participants who take the dive, but also in what the event has to offer. New to last year’s event was professionally created ice sculptures by members of Iceography. Although the sculptors could not be present on the day of the event this year, they made sculptures the day before so there would be something for visitors to look at.

The event, which began as an 11-man jump, has become a tradition that many people come from near and far to enjoy and participate in.

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