News 3 is proud to be the media sponsor for this year’s Polar Plunge in Virginia Beach!
All proceeds from the plunge will support over 18,000 Special Olympics Virginia athletes.
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The Polar Plunge also advocates for creating more inclusive environments at schools, places of employment, healthcare spaces, and social and sports settings. Polar Plunge organizers say, “[they] believe that it's no longer enough to provide a place for people of all abilities to come together through sport. It is time to demand uncompromising inclusion.”
Chris Hall, an employee of Virginia Natural Gas, has been volunteering with the plunge the last 25 years. The utility says, over time, it has been able to raise more than $500,000 for Special Olympics Virginia.
Hall's son, Gavin, is a Special Olympics athlete, who plays golf and bowls.
"He loves it and you know he looks forward to the Polar Plunge every year," Hall told News 3. “When you get down here and you see 3,000 of your friends and family all in the water and then the people, and the costume contests, you realize this is a good time and a good cause.”
Festival weekend will take place on Friday, Feb. 3, and Saturday, Feb. 4 at the Virginia Beach oceanfront.
Friday’s festivities include a 5k race and ‘Big Tent’ party, and the big plunge will happen on Saturday at 1 p.m.!
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