Regina residents take on the chilly polar plunge – Regina | 24CA News

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Published 12.02.2023
Regina residents take on the chilly polar plunge – Regina | 24CA News

It has been a relatively gentle winter in Regina, so some individuals determined to chill issues down with a polar plunge.

The 7th annual fundraising occasion, in assist of Special Olympics Saskatchewan, ran on Saturday in partnership with the continued Frost competition.

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Over 90 plungers jumped into the freezing chilly water at Victoria Park to lift cash for athletes throughout Saskatchewan with mental disabilities.

Some determined to entrance flip into the water, whereas others determined a cannon ball was extra their velocity.

This 12 months’s iteration raised $37,731 for the trigger, exceeding its $20,000 purpose, in response to Special Olympics Saskatchewan.

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All the cash raised stays in Saskatchewan to assist the over 800 particular Olympics athletes who take part in 12 months spherical sports activities programing.

For those that obtained slightly chilly, there was a scorching tub on the prepared.


Regina residents had been simply as fast to leap within the scorching tub as they had been the icy chilly water.


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Some of these partaking Saturday included members of the Regina Police Service and the Saskatchewan Roughriders.

Saskatchewan Roughriders Dan Clark and Logan Ferland additionally repped the inexperienced and white earlier than taking the plunge.

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