Around Town: The Chiditarod And The Polar Plunge

By Samantha Abernethy in Arts & Entertainment on Mar 4, 2013 7:00PM

$\<a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/aerojad/8523740266/in/pool-chicagoist/\"\>Jason DeVoll\<\/a\>$ $\<a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/mick_chgo/8524361719/in/pool-chicagoist/\"\>Milosh Kosanovich\<\/a\>$ $\<a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/73393904@N08/8523629888/in/pool-chicagoist/\"\>Aaron Leverenz\<\/a\>$ $\<a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/aerojad/8523811330/in/pool-chicagoist/\"\>Jason DeVoll\<\/a\>$ $\<a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/aerojad/8522692467/in/pool-chicagoist/\"\>Jason DeVoll\<\/a\>$ $\<a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/mick_chgo/8524334829/in/pool-chicagoist/\"\>Milosh Kosanovich\<\/a\>$ $\<a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/chateaujavier/8524472485/in/pool-chicagoist/\"\>Javier Ayala\<\/a\>$ $\<a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/chateaujavier/8525596838/in/pool-chicagoist/\"\>Javier Ayala\<\/a\>$ $\<a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/aerojad/8523771130/in/pool-chicagoist/\"\>Jason DeVoll\<\/a\>$ $\<a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/mick_chgo/8525468148/in/pool-chicagoist/\"\>Milosh Kosanovich\<\/a\>$ $\<a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/aerojad/8523787296/in/pool-chicagoist/\"\>Jason DeVoll\<\/a\>$ $\<a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/dawnmm/8526310315/\"\>Dawn Mueller\<\/a\>$ $\<a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/em-wien06/8526487757/\"\>Elliot Mandel\<\/a\>$ $\<a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/dawnmm/8527425148/\"\>Dawn Mueller\<\/a\>$ $\<a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/em-wien06/8527601104/\"\>Elliot Mandel\<\/a\>$ $\<a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/19750627@N05/8526549131/in/pool-chicagoist\"\>Natalie Jelezkina\<\/a\>$ $\<a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/dawnmm/8527428602/\"\>Dawn Mueller\<\/a\>$ $\<a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/dawnmm/8527428764/\"\>Dawn Mueller\<\/a\>$ $\<a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/em-wien06/8527601058/\"\>Elliot Mandel\<\/a\>$ $\<a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/em-wien06/8527601086/\"\>Elliot Mandel\<\/a\>$ $\<a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/em-wien06/8526487703/\"\>Elliot Mandel\<\/a\>$

Winter in Chicago can make people do some crazy things. On Saturday, folks dressed up and pushed around shopping carts for the 2013 Chiditarod to benefit the Greater Chicago Food Depository. Then on Sunday, a few brave folks took the Polar Plunge into Lake Michigan to benefit the Special Olympics.

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