By Barbara Polichetti
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WARWICK, R.I. -- Penguins and polar bears are the animal names often ascribed to the bracing New Year's day ocean plunges that many hearty folks take part in fun and for charities.
Well, don't forget pit bulls.
Members of the Little Rhodie Bully Breed Club will be City Park at 10 a.m. Tuesday to get wet and to raise money to help pit bulls -- a breed of dog that they say is much maligned and too often left to languish at shelters.
Club President Susan Parker, who will be taking a dip, said that proceeds from the second annual "Pit Bull Plunge" will help the group work with shelters to get the dogs adopted and run educational programs to dispel myths about the breed.