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 The third
annual United Cerebral Palsy Nassau (UCPN) “Polar Bear – Break the
Ice Swim” recently took place at Theodore Roosevelt Park in Oyster
Bay.
All proceeds from the event benefit UCPN. With this year’s
event, the funds raised through the polar bear swims have approached
$100,000.
Though the brisk winds made for a colder day than most thought,
hundreds of people came to participate or to cheer on the swimmers from
shore.
The honorary co-chairs of the event were John Venditto, supervisor
of the Town of Oyster Bay, and Assemblyperson Harvey Weisenberg (D-Dist 20),
who was one of the first to charge into the water. A DJ and a dancing polar
bear were on hand for entertainment.
Warming up after his swim, top left photo,
Weisenberg is joined by, left to right, Republican Party Chairman Joseph
Mondello, Rosemarie Walker, Venditto and Executive Director UCPN Bob
McGuire.
In photo top right, Mike Majikis, center, from the Nassau County
Office for the Physically Challenged, is joined by McGuire, right, with three
UCPN consumers.
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