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Marist High School athletes and students run through a polar cannon in the virtual Chicago Polar Plunge for Special Olympics Chicago/Special Children s Charities. (Lorraine Swanson | Patch)
Marist High School students got soaking wet running through a Polar Cannon during the virtual Chicago Polar Plunge. (Lorraine Swanson | Patch)
Ald. Matt O Shea (19th), Marist sophomore Nolan Bouda, and Special Olympian in training, Parker Bouda, 11. (Lorraine Swanson | Patch)
Special Olympian Parker Bouda, 11, and the Chicago Polar Plunge bear at Marist High School s virtual plunge through a Polar Cannon. (Lorraine Swanson | Patch)
Marist High School students run through a torrent of water during a virtual Polar Plunge for Special Olympics Chicago/Special Children s Charities. (Lorraine Swanson | Patch)
For 2021, the decade long event is going virtual.
From Mar. 1-7 people can take the plunge any way they choose, from jumping in the snow to running through a sprinkler.
The event raises money for Special Olympics Chicago/Special Children s Charities.
First Midwest Bank members raised $30,000 while partcipating in the polar plunge through a snowball fight.
More than 50 team members from First Midwest Bank decided to have a snowball fight Sunday and raised $30,000.
On Sunday Mar. 7 at 5 p.m., there will be a Virtual Meltdown Party where videos of plunges will be played and prizes will be handed out.
There are many prizes for those who register, in addition to the annual costume contest and an award for most creative plunge.
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Through the years, it’s attracted the likes of Jimmy Fallon, Vince Vaughn and Lady Gaga as well as thousands of others willing to charge into a frigid Lake Michigan at North Avenue Beach to raise money for charity.
But the organizers of the Chicago Polar Plunge announced Tuesday the annual event now in its 21st year is going virtual. Blame the coronavirus. Organizers say it’s the first time in the event’s history that the event had been canceled.
Last year, the plunge raised about $2.2 million, with about 4,800 people participating. The money goes to support the 7,500 participants of the Special Olympics Chicago/Special Children’s Charities program.
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The 2,891-square-foot sign Donald Trump slapped on his 96-story Trump International Hotel & Tower in Chicago would have to come down, if an influential alderman has his way.
Ald. Gilbert Villegas (36th), Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s City Council floor leader, plans to introduce an ordinance at the Jan. 27 City Council meeting that would force the issue seven years after the vanity sign along Chicago’s riverfront touched off a clash of giant egos with then-Mayor Rahm Emanuel.