Friends,

This January will mark my 7th time participating in the "Polar Bear Plunge" sponsored by the Chesapeake Climate Action Network. Why do I keep doing it? Because crazy people like you keep donating money to see a crazy person like me jump into the freezing Potomac River in January. And because, sadly, in the past seven years, we haven't yet solved the crisis of global warming.

So I'm plunging into the Potomac River yet again on January 21st. And yet again I need your help. Please give till it hurts. An end to sea-level rise? No more mega hurricanes? A future for American agriculture? What's all that worth? Give accordingly!

And thank you, merci, gracias, spaciba, tuasakadila!

Mike