Creek Man Plans 3-Mile Lighthouse Swim December 10
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Gary Sredzienski, known affectionately in his southern Maine hometown and beyond as the “Creek Man,” will take to Rockland Harbor's frigid waters in December to raise funds for the nonprofit American Lighthouse Foundation, located at 464 Main Street in Rockland, Maine, and the foundation’s local chapter, the Friends of Rockland Breakwater  Lighthouse. (Continued below)

 

For his part in the upcoming “Icy Swim for Lighthouses” event, Sredzienski will swim a total of 3.3 miles, from Owls Head Light Beach, across the harbor to the Rockland Breakwater, before ending at Middle Pier in Rockland, Maine.

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Gary is an accomplished accordionist, who has played for over 40 years with an expanding repertoire encompassing music from a wide range of world and American traditions. Gary also plays 1960’s surf rock, traditional ethnic, and his own accordion compositions with his Portsmouth based group, the 'Serfs.'

An avid swimmer, Gary has raised thousands of dollars for local Maine and New Hampshire charities. Earlier this year, Gary raised nearly $10,000 for the American Lighthouse Foundation and Friends of Portsmouth Harbor Lighthouses chapter by swimming four miles across the entrance of the Piscataqua River, tackling one of the strongest tides.

 

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