Polar plunge held at Great South Bay for veterans' mental health
A local organization took a freezing dive to bring awareness to mental health issues among veterans.
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Jan 22, 2022, 11:39 AM
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6h agoA local organization took a freezing dive to bring awareness to mental health issues among veterans.
Today was Operation VEST's first 22-Degree Run and Plunge.
Participants took a brisk 2.2-mile run or walk in Brightwaters. Then they took a polar plunge into the Great South Bay at Walker Beach.
Operation VEST aims to spread awareness and remove the stigma about mental health within veterans.
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