Category: Charity
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Swimmers make waves to fight cancer
The Swim Across America’s annual Boston Harbor Islands Swim, a 22-mile relay around Boston Harbor Islands and the annual Pool Swim held at Harvard University, are part of the critical effort to fund pediatric hematology/oncology and related programs at MassGeneral Hospital for Children and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Since 2013, the MGHfC Cancer Center has received…
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Dutch swimmer raises nearly 4 million Euros to fight cancer
For more than a century – the Eleven Cities Race has been part of Dutch sporting folklore. Ice skaters would travel along frozen waterways – over a course that’s nearly two-hundred kilometres long. It hasn’t taken place since the late nineties – with some blaming global warming. Now – one competitor has decided to resurrect…
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My Intestines Got Sucked Out In A Swimming Pool | TRULY
A horrific swimming pool accident left a teenager without her intestines and unable to eat food for the last 10 years. When she was five-years-old, Salma Bashir was playing in a baby swimming pool in Alexandria, Egypt. She sat on the pool’s suction valve and the force was so strong that it ripped her small…
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Swimmers Brave The Cold Water To Raise Money For Local Hospice
In waters as cold as eight degrees, brave swimmers took the plunge at the Jesus Green Lido in Cambridge, all in order to raise money for the Arthur Rank Hospice. The 91 metre long outdoor pool which dates back almost 100 years old played host to the fundraiser on Friday the 10th of May, when…
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Residents take a swim in icy Connecticut River water to raise money for charity
Residents take a swim in icy Connecticut River water to raise money for charity
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Swimmers dive right in for Polar Plunge activities
After weather held off yesterday’s Polar Plunge activities… plungers are diving into today’s events.
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Freezin’ for a Reason: Take a Polar Plunge to Support Special Olympics
If diving into frigid winter waters has always been a dream, you can now make it a reality through April. From Avon to Fort Collins, participants only have to raise $75 to take a doozy of a dip. Teams are also welcome to sign up, in case you want to do some extreme office team…