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Polar Plungers brave the cold waters for Special Olympics | Slideshow

Published 10:01 am Sunday, March 17, 2013

Brave people participate in yesterday's Redmond Police Department annual Polar Plunge for Special Olympics Washington at Idylwood Beach Park in Redmond.
Brave people participate in yesterday's Redmond Police Department annual Polar Plunge for Special Olympics Washington at Idylwood Beach Park in Redmond.

About 118 brave people participated in Saturday’s Redmond Police Department (RPD) annual Polar Plunge to raise funds for Special Olympics Washington at Idylwood Beach Park at Lake Sammamish in Redmond.

Jim Bove, RPD spokesman, believes the water temperature was about 40 degrees, but he never got a final confirmation.

Bove said it was a record-breaking seventh annual event with the amount of plungers and about $28,000 in donations.

Their previous high for both was last year when they had 73 plungers and just over $11,000 raised for Special Olympics Washington. They have raised about $73,000 over the last seven years.

“We introduced the Special Olympic athletes individually before doing the plunge and they really enjoyed that. In all, over 200 people were at the event. And Chief (Ron) Gibson plunged with us since we hit our goal of $25,000,” Bove said. The Mercer Island Police Department also sent a team over to participate.

 

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