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Participants 'go for the cold' during the Special Olympics 2024 Richmond Polar Plunge at Pocahontas State Park on December 9, 2023. ... Park recommends some form of shoes to be worn to help ...
Since 2017, the South Bend Cubs have raised more than $130,000 through the Polar Plunge. Special Olympics Indiana is a nonprofit organization that is part of the global Special Olympics movement ...
participants in the Canandaigua Polar Plunge on Saturday were "freezin' for a reason," as organizers of the fundraiser for Special Olympics put it. See the photos.
By 2034, eleven cities will have hosted the Olympic Games more than once: Athens (1896 and 2004 Summer Olympics), Paris (1900, 1924 and 2024 Summer Olympics), London (1908, 1948 and 2012 Summer Olympics), St. Moritz (1928 and 1948 Winter Olympics), Lake Placid (1932 and 1980 Winter Olympics), Los Angeles (1932, 1984 and 2028 Summer Olympics ...
In 2015 Special Olympics World Summer Games. [7] These games were the first Special Olympics World Summer Games held in the United States in 16 years since the 1999 Summer Games held in Raleigh, North Carolina. In 2017 Special Olympics World Winter Games in Graz and Schladming in Styria, Austria. This marked a return: Salzburg and Schladming ...
The Polar Bear Plunge event in Maryland is the largest polar bear plunge in the United States. It is held annually at Sandy Point State Park and raises funds for the Special Olympics. [ 42 ] Sponsored by the Maryland State Police , in 2007, Plungapalooza raised $2.2 million and had 7,400 participants. [ 43 ]
The Polar Plunge is sponsored by Lee's Ford Resort and Marina, Tyson, Don Franklin-Somerset, Somerset 106-WYKY, WTLO and Special Olympics Kentucky Year-Round Partners Jersey Mike's, Texas ...
The Games continued to grow, with 199 nations represented in Sydney, for the 2000 Summer Games, [36] and 201 nations in Athens, for the 2004 Summer Olympics. [37] A record number of nations (204) were represented at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, [38] with Marshall Islands and Tuvalu making their Olympic debut.