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Polar Bears getting ready to take the Plunge for Delaware Special Olympics

Posted on January 23, 2020

Originally published January 23, 2020 by Delaware State News
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Polar Bear Plunge participants emerging from the water
The first wave of Polar Bears heads for dry land after taking the the Lewes Polar Bear Plunge for Special Olympics last year in Rehoboth Beach. The 2019 Plunge was a record-setter as 3,544 registered Polar Bears raised more than $906,000. (Delaware State News/Glenn Rolfe)

On Feb. 2, several thousand volunteers will run from the Rehoboth Beach Boardwalk into the Atlantic Ocean at the annual Lewes Polar Bear Plunge, a 29-year-old Special Olympics Delaware (SODE) fundraiser. Since its inception in 1991, the event has raised more than $12 million for SODE. Last year, a record 3,500 people registered for the Plunge. 

Read the full story from Delaware State News here.

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