"Tooth Fairy" Ray Orzechowski gets out of the pool in the Courtyard Marriott Grappone Center parking lot Sunday. (ELODIE REED/ Monitor staff)
Jamie Tibbets, left, and his brother Derek, right, jump into the pool at the Courtyard Marriott Grappone Center for a Womenade Polar Plunge fundraiser in Concord Sunday. (ELODIE REED/ Monitor staff)
Sarah Burdette of Concord wipes off cold water after taking a dip during Womenade's 2nd Annual Polar Plunge Sunday. (ELODIE REED/ Monitor staff)
Mike Pelletier of Concord does a cannon ball into the pool provided by The Stove Barn Sunday. (ELODIE REED/ Monitor staff)
Concord resident Ray Orzechowski, in the tutu, walks away from the Womenade Polar Plunge event in Concord Sunday. (ELODIE REED/ Monitor staff)
Oscar the dog waits for more plungers at the Womenade fundraiser in Concord. (ELODIE REED/ Monitor staff)
Womenade held their 2nd Annual Polar Plunge at the Courtyard Marriott Grappone Center Sunday to benefit Concord area families in need of emergency financial assistance. (ELODIE REED/ Monitor staff)
Platty the sound company platypus hangs out at the Womenade Polar Plunge event Sunday. (ELODIE REED/ Monitor staff)
Hot drinks were available for anyone who needed one - especially the several dozen people that jumped into a pool outside - Sunday. (ELODIE REED/ Monitor staff)
Emma Kelley, left, and Cindy Roberge, right, both 10 and from Bow, drink hot chocolate at the Womenade Polar Plunge event in Concord Sunday. (ELODIE REED/ Monitor staff)
Men and women stood around in towels, sandals and bathing suits in 50 degree air in Concord Sunday for a good cause. (ELODIE REED/ Monitor staff)
Jake Leon, right, and Jim Pratt, left, both of Concord, drive in the Stove Barn-provided pool for a Womenade fundraiser Sunday. (ELODIE REED/ Monitor staff)
Jake Leon of Concord tries to get out of the cold water as fast as he can Sunday. (ELODIE REED/ Monitor staff)
Womenade of Concord held its second annual fundraiser Sunday, where several dozen brave men, women, snowmen and tooth fairies got cold for a cause. The event raised $8,000 for short-term, emergency financial assistance for Concord area families.
