While the Polar Bear Club's celebrity grew, its active membership shrank. A Dec. 19, 1921, Journal story noted that Brazell, the club's president, was joined by only two others in the first winter ...

People plunge into freezing Lake Michigan during Chicago Polar Bear Club 24th annual Polar Plunge event at Oak Street Beach on Jan. 25, 2025. The event was sold out after selling 1,000 tickets.

Coney Island Polar Bear Club and Camp Sunshine’s Annual New Year’s Swim, where participants run into the cold water to cleanse themselves and get ready for the New Year on Jan. 1, 2015.

The 121st annual Coney Island Polar Bear Club New Year's Day Plunge welcomed over 4000 swimmers brave enough to take on the freezing Atlantic waters. Dating back to 1903, the event raises funds to ...

The Coney Island event is free, but the club suggests that participants make a donation to Camp Sunshine, a year-round retreat for children with life-threatening illnesses, which the Polar Bear ...

Lustgarten’s group – the Coney Island Polar Bear Club – hosted the first winter water plunge in the United States on New Year’s Day in 1903. The L Street Brownies in South Boston followed ...

The Coney Island Polar Bear Club is the oldest winter bathing organization in the United States. Since 1903, they have been hosting a public New Year's Day Plunge to welcome in the New Year.

The Coney Island Polar Bear Club is the oldest winter bathing organization in the United States. Emma Pesin is a YMCA lifeguard in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. Jan. 1, 2025, Coney Island.

The swim, sponsored by the Cabrillo Beach Polar Bear Club, will once again take place in San Pedro. Skip to content. All Sections. Subscribe Now. 70°F. Sunday, June 15th 2025 ...

The Polar Bear Club Swim invites club members, and willing community members, to wade into the Saint Joseph's River. advertisement. WANE Ft. Wayne. Polar Bear Club Swimmers plunge into 2025. 2mo.

Jacksonport Polar Bear Club welcomes 2024 with annual icy plunge in Lake Michigan. by Emily Matesic, FOX 11 News. Mon, January 1st 2024 at 4:59 PM. Updated Tue, January 2nd 2024 at 8:28 AM. 17.