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The
first annual Polar Plunge to benefit the Forever
Paws Animal Shelter took place on New Year's Day, 2011, at Sandy Beach
in the City's South end. Sponsored by the Sandy Beach Neighborhood
Association, the event drew about 200 people, most of them spectators, to
watch several city officials and about forty others wade into the frigid
water. Fortunately, the air temperature was approaching the fifty degree
mark, unusually warm for a New Year's Day event. Mayor
William Flanagan and City Councilor and Neighborhood Association
president Pat Casey thanked everyone for their support of the Animal
Shelter before they led the group into the water. Click
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(Top row, left
and center) Forever Paws Animal
Shelter treasurer Beverly Andrade accepts pledges and donations from
the crowd of supporters before the Plunge. (Top row, right) City Councilor
and Neighborhood Association president Pat Casey speaks to the crowd as Mayor
William Flanagan stands at her side. (Middle row) Fall River Community
television cameraman Phil Sabatino videotapes Councilor Casey and Mayor
Flanagan as they lead the crowd into the water. (Bottom row) After the
swimmers emerge from the frigid water, Community
Development Recreation program director Jamison Souza listens as
director Grace Gerling prepares to record a message about the upcoming Fall
River Fitness Challenge for a |
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