The sun was shining brightly over Lake Fenton on Saturday, February 4 when people from all over  Southeast Michigan were “freezin’ for a reason” to participate in the Law Enforcement Polar Plunge for Special Olympics at the Moose Lodge in Fenton Township. With an icy wind blowing over Lake Fenton, 220-plus participants dressed in a variety of costumes plunged into the freezing water. 

TC: It’s good things and bad things that make you who you are. I remember when my family moved from Flint Park Boulevard over to Winona Street, which was in the northern part of town. We were the first black family on the street. It was the mid-70s and it was a different time in a lot of ways. I remember it being a very sweet time. We were really all about helping each other. When I was 11 or 12 years old, we shoveled snow for our neighbors and we didn’t even do it for money. My dad would say, ‘Hey, you do things to help people.’ There was an older lady who lived near us and we shoveled her snow, raked her yard and made sure she was okay. My mother would cook something for her and we would take it to her house. Flint is where I learned to help people.