Category: Charity
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Polar Plunge Returns to Support Special Olympics | Mountain Lake PBS
After a five-year break, the Polar Plunge returned to Lake Champlain, drawing over 250 participants—including local leaders—to raise funds for local student-athletes to compete in year-round Special Olympics events. Here in the North Country alone, there are nearly 650 athletes who benefit from the plunge. Organizers say the plunge raised about 20-thousand dollars for Special…
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Liverpool Legend Will Swim Channel for a Second Time for Charity | Sky News
Liverpool legend Graeme Souness will, for the second time, swim the Channel to raise money for the charity DEBRA. DEBRA is a UK national medical research charity and patient support organisation for people living with the rare, extremely painful, genetic skin blistering condition, epidermolysis bullosa (EB) also known as ‘butterfly skin’. Isla, 17, has the…
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Polar Plunge Raises Funds for Special Olympics | CBC British Columbia
People across B.C. are plunging into cold water for a good cause. The annual events raise money for Special Olympics B.C. As Corey Bullock tells us, this year’s funds will support athletes who are headed to Italy to compete in the World Winter Games, which start on March 8.
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Polar Plunge benefits Special Olympics | KRON 4
Law enforcement officials were among those making a splash on Saturday at the annual Polar Plunge event. Dozens of people braved the cold weather at Crown Beach in Alameda. The event raises money for the Northern California Special Olympics.
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Swimmers Take Part in ‘Swim to Wish’ Fundraiser | 12 News
Swimmers take part in ‘Swim to Wish’ fundraiser
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Over $48,000 Raised for Special Olympics With Polar Plunge in Greenwood | WTHR
Saturday’s cold weather did not stop around 115 people from taking a dive into a freezing pool in Greenwood. “I’m freezing for a reason,” Matthew Hovey said. This swim was all for the Special Olympics Indiana Athletes Polar Plunge. It’s one of several fundraising events through Special Olympics, only in this one, people not only…
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Thousands Take Part in Polar Bear Plunge to Support Special Olympics | WBAL-TV 11 Baltimore
There’s nothing like plunging into cold water during the winter to get your adrenaline pumping. More than 2,500 people participated in the main Maryland Plunge along with Gov. Wes Moore. The athletes participate free of charge because the millions of dollars raised and donated at the Polar Bear Plunge account for more than 40% of…
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Special Olympics Texas Hosting Polar Plunge in Boerne | KENS 5
The event will take place on Feb. 22.
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Mid-Winter Swim | 25 Polar Plungers Help Raise Money for Education in Rossford | WTOL11
People in Rossford are taking a chilling dip to raise money for education. The Bulldog Foundation held a Polar Plunge Fundraiser at Carpenters Local 351 Union Hall with at least 25 plungers signed up to jump in the freezing cold lake. It was all to raise money for teacher grants and student scholarships through the…