Local residents will be plunging into the cold waters of the Hudson River on New Year’s Day to raise money for a great cause. The 11h Annual Polar Plunge, Sponsored by Sun Pharmaceuticals Limited, Lanza Family Foundation, The Thomas R. Bertoline Youth Athletic Foundation and Rotary Club of Peekskill benefits the This is Me Foundation. All proceeds from the plunge will go towards college scholarships for local students who have faced adversity, or helped a friend through adversity, as well as national scholarships to students who have alopecia.
The 11th annual Polar Plunge will be held at the Peekskill Riverfront Green at 12:00 p.m. sharp on January 1, 2024 and is open to the public to watch and cheer on the brave plungers. The weather looks to be cooperating this year as January 1st, 2024 has sunshine and a mix of clouds with a high around 40F according to weather.com. If interested in plunging or donating, visit thisismefoundation.com. Plungers are required to register by December 30th to participate.
For more information, or to learn more about the This Is Me Foundation and the This is Me Scholarship Fund, please visit the website at thisismefoundation.com or Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/ThisIsMeFoundation
As reported by the Peekskill Herald, the first Polar Plunge, where participants strip down to their bathing suits and run into the cold waters of the Hudson River, on Jan. 1, 2013, attracted 11 entrants and raised $2,400. In 2018, a record-setting 80 participants raised more than $13,500. Last year, however, a Record number of Polar Plungers raise $25K for charity as the Regina Clarkin reported.
The This Is Me Foundation, founded by Peekskill residents and sisters Caitlin & Lauren Brady, is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization created to raise awareness about alopecia, an auto- immune disease that causes hair loss, while giving hope to any individual who faces adversity. All proceeds go directly to the This Is Me Scholarship Fund, Inspired by Ryan Risco & Cait Chivonne Polhill. The fund has awarded 125 $500.00 scholarships locally and nationally since 2012, and recently announced their 2024 scholarship program.
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