Check it out. Thirty students and community members plunged into the icy north Atlantic today. The temperature was about 15ยบ. The chill factor was considerably less. I try not to think about the water temperature. The show was short. Smiles, a count down, the rush of bodies and the froth of water. And screaming. Lots of screaming.
Parents were there with blankets to receive the shivering students and hustle them into cars with the heaters running. Friends were there to cheer. The EMTs and ambulance were there, just in case. All of which says the community turned out to support and encourage this madness.
The point, in theory, is to raise money for Project Graduation. The reality, I believe, is that this plunge is its own education. Today those kids learned something priceless. Forty years from now these they may have forgotten the prom, at least the details, but they will never forget running into that frigid ocean with their friends. And they will never forget the community who helped them make it happen.
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