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The fifth annual Polar Bear Plunge will be held at noon on Saturday, March 21, at Garrity’s Reality, Pole 89, at Harveys Lake. Participants run into the water from the shore, dunk their heads underwater or take a quick swim and run back to dry land.
Started in 2005, the Polar Bear Plunge was the idea of Lake-Lehman Junior/Senior High School swim team coach Maureen Devine. Alumnus swimmer Allison Boris and her teammates collaborated and decided to raise money for the American Cancer Society in tribute to Boris’ father, an area dentist who died from colon cancer in 2003.
Each year since 2006, the plunge has been put on as a senior project by several Lake-Lehman students.
A minimum donation of $10 is required to participate. Participants under 18 must have a parent or guardian present at the event.