FISHERMEN TAKE ICY DIP TO RAISE CASH FOR FIRE VICTIMS

Dozens of fishermen are plunging

into frigid waters as part of a fundraising campaign, with some donations going to the survivors of a tragic fire in southwestern Nova Scotia. Todd Newell says he wanted to help the families of four children who died in a house fire Pubnico Head, N.S., earlier this month, so he decided to launch what he described as a fishermen’s take on the ALS ice-bucket challenge. The fisherman pledged to donate $1,000 to efforts supporting the family last week, before immersing himself in the bone-chilling water in his boat’s lobster holding tank, also known as a live well. Newell posted a video of the chilly dip to Facebook and challenged three friends to do the same, and in a matter of days, the socalled “Live Well Challenge” took off on social media.