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Nude bungy jumpers stretch annual Vancouver Island event to record heights

More than 100 take the plunge for the BC Schizophrenia Society at WildPlay Nanaimo
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Participants at the annual Nude Bungy Jump over the Nanaimo River March 12 help raise about $50,000, an all-time high for the B.C. Schizophrenia Society fundraiser. (Kelsey McLean photo)

Cold temperatures failed to ice enthusiasm for Vancouver IslandB次元官网网址檚 most notorious mental health fundraiser this weekend.

But we are willing to bet anyone willing to bungy jump naked probably isnB次元官网网址檛 too prone to worrying much about the weather any way.

The annual Naked Bungy Jump fundraiser for the Victoria Branch of BC Schizophrenia Society had them dangling over the Nanaimo River Saturday in record numbers.

B次元官网网址淭his was the most successful year financially in the 13-year history of the event, said Ben Carson, administrative coordinator for the BCSS Victoria branch.

A little over 100 people took the plunge at the WildPlay Nanaimo adventure park, raising about $$52,094.70 for the cause.

B次元官网网址(This) is a new record!B次元官网网址 Hazel Meredith, executive director of BCSS Victoria, said. B次元官网网址淭hat means 325.6 people helped!B次元官网网址

Carson gave the participants a lot of credit for the great haul for the charity, saying jumpers complemented their personal boldness by really stepping up their efforts on collecting peer-to-peer donations.

B次元官网网址淭hey are very tough, very brave.B次元官网网址



John McKinley

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