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It’s time to take the Polar Plunge for Special Olympics It’s time to get ready to be Freezin for a Reason at one of the coolest events in the Greater Cincinnati area. The Polar Plunge to benefit Special Olympics programs in Kentucky and Ohio will return to Newport on the Levee Saturday, Feb. 6. Plungers raise a minimum of $75 ($50 minimum for students 18 and under) and take the leap into a pool set up on the Newport on the Levee Riverwalk. The Polar Plunge features brave souls – many in crazy costumes – taking a dip into chilly winter waters to help support the Special Olympics mission of providing sports training and competition opportunities for children and adults with intellectual disabilities. The actual Plunge is only part of the event. The day includes a costume contest as well as the postplunge party and awards ceremony at Jefferson Hall in the Newport on the Levee Gallery Building. Anyone who wants to take the
plunge can pick up registration forms at Jefferson Hall at the Newport on the Levee, the Levee offices or the Comfort Suites Newport. Participants can also register online at http://events. soky.org/2010kentucky-ohioplunge, create their own Web page and raise money through the official Polar Plunge Web site. Participants can register as individuals or gather a team of friends, family or coworkers and register as a group. All participants receive the official Polar Plunge T-shirt, but can earn additional prizes for raising more money. Anyone raising a minimum of $250 will be eligible to win a Caribbean Cruise courtesy of AAA Kentucky. The top male and female fundraisers will be named King and Queen of the Plunge and receive King and Queen for a Day prize packages. This year the Plunge has added several new prizes and will award the Plunge Prince and Princess crowns to the highest fundraising
plunging begins at approximately 11:30 a.m. Plungers who wish to take part in the costume contest or who think they would qualify as the Plunge King, Queen, Prince or Princess must be registered before 10:30 a.m. to be eligible. In addition to the fundraising awards, prizes will be awarded to the largest university or school group, largest law enforcement group, largest corporate group, the top fundraising team and the plunger with the best costume. This will be the fifth year that the Special Olympics programs in Kentucky and Ohio have combined to organize the event. Last year, in the fourth year of the partnership the event raised a record $97,000 to benefit Special Olympics athletes on both sides of the Ohio River. The Plunge has raised more than $250,000 in the last four years alone and in its 10year history has raised almost $400,000 for Special Olympics programs.
Plungers between ages of 6 and 12. Afraid of the cold water? This year you can register as “Too Chicken to Plunge,” and raise money to support Special Olympics athletes just like the Polar Bears do. You receive a special Too Chicken to Plunge T-shirt instead of the Official Plunge shirt, but you are eligible for all additional fundraising prizes based on the total you collect. There will be a pre-registration for participants who want to avoid the lines on Plunge day. Pre-registration will be held at Bar Louie in the Newport on the Levee Gallery Building from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 4. Participants can turn in all money raised and gather fundraising awards prior to the event day. Day-of-event registration for the Polar Plunge begins at 9 a.m. in the Gallery Building at Newport on the Levee. Opening ceremonies, including the costume parade and costume contest, kick off at 11 a.m. and
The Polar Plunge to benefit Special Olympics is sponsored by Newport on the Levee, Fox 19, Q-102, Jefferson Hall, AAA Travel, Messer Construction, Comfort Suites Newport, the Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics, Art’s Rental, Nelson’s Tents, Bar Louie and Cincinnati Photography. Special Olympics is the world’s largest program of sports training and competition for children and adults with intellectual disabilities. Participation is open to all individuals eight years of age or older. Training and competition in local, area, state, and national programs is offered year-round in 25 sports. For more information about the Polar Plunge, contact Amy Kute at 513-405-3450 or Anna Beth Logan at 800-633-7403 or via email at ablogan@soky.org, or visit http://events.soky.org/2010kentucky-ohioplunge.
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