You have heard the expression, “Too much of a good thing is not enough”. Well, so have we. That is why we have added another Polar Plunge this season, in Mendota, IL. This year we are very excited to be hosting the new Mendota Plunge at Lake Mendota on Saturday February 25, 2017. Area 16…
The Coca-Cola Company is well known for its Polar Bears tumbling in the snow under the “Northern Lights” and enticing consumers to Taste the Feeling™ of a cold, refreshing Coke. For so many, Coca-Cola is also recognized for its philanthropic efforts, including providing yearly donations of Dasani® waters for Special Olympics Illinois events, establishing scholarship programs…
Special Olympics Illinois athlete Jacob Cross of Bloomington is looking forward to repeating the Polar Plunge at Bloomington’s Miller Park on Feb. 25, 2017. Jacob has come up with a rather unique way of raising the minimum $100 to participate in the event that helps both Special Olympics and the environment. Jacob plunged in 2016…
Love was certainly in the cold air this Polar Plunge season – but particularly so at the Manteno Polar Plunge. For the first time in 17 years of Plunges in Illinois, a couple agreed to take the metaphorical plunge before they ran into the icy waters of the Manteno Sportsmen’s Club. As Steffani Vizdal lined…
Tom Brietenbucher, Director for the River Valley SRA, took his first Plunge in 2003 in Manteno and he’s been plunging every year since – he even has all the shirts to prove it. “There were probably less than 50 people that plunged when we first started,” Brietenbucher recalls. “It’s obviously built up quite a bit.”…
