Vampire Swim Newport

Swim the Chillies – Donate Blood – Get Your Ghoul On!

October 26, 2024

2 pm at the Newport City Dock and Boat Ramp

After party at Jasper’s Tavern open to all, with bands and prizes for best costumes

Registration is a minimum contribution of $25 plus proof that you have donated blood within the six weeks prior to the swim. If you can’t donate, you can have a surrogate donate OR make an additional $25 donation to the Red Cross.

Swimming, dipping, getting your toes wet, or spectating and cheering, no matter. Give blood, donate to the Red Cross, Ghoul Up and PARTY!

Sign in at Jasper’s starts at noon, with ghoulish face painting available to all, followed by Costume Parade to the Boat Ramp and swim

Join our ghoulish Vampire Swim party as we team up with venues around the world in this international blood drive by cold water swimmers.

REGISTER HERE

VE VANT YOUR BLOOD!!!!

Locally, here is the when and where to donate blood:

Newport Elks- October 1st

3736 US Route 5

Derby

11:30-5

Irasburg United Church- Oct 14

4714 Route 4

Irasburg

12:00-5:00

US Department of Health- Oct 23

100 Main St

Newport

10:00-2:30

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In 2015, several of us posted the idea of local swimming communities hosting cold water costume swims on or about Halloween with the goal of encouraging blood donations. The idea spread like wildfire across the US, Canada, and Europe.

YouTube Video of VAMPIRE SWIM 2015

We’ve been relatively quiet here in Vermont. It’s time to change that and re-energize our efforts to encourage blood donations while we also celebrate the cold-water swimming community that is growing rapidly in Vermont and beyond.

We will be hosting one Vampire Swim in the Newport this year at the Newport City Dock and Boat Ramp. But, we are also reaching out to encourage other communities around Vermont and beyond to Swim the Chillies, Donate Blood, and Get your Ghoul On.