Update on Saturday's Polar Bear Plunge

CORTLAND — The Freezin’ for a Reason Polar Bear Plunge Saturday at Mosquito Lake State Park requires each participant in the Too Chicken to Plunge event to raise $30 in pledges, not $35.

Special Olympics Ohio spokesman Curt Howard said this evening that the group's Tuesday's notice gave an incorrect amount for that eventPartici.

Participants jump into the frigid waters of Mosquito Lake to satisfy the pledges raised.

A new opportunity this year is “Too Chicken to Plunge. To participate, one raises a minimum of $30 and is awarded with a “Too Chicken to Plunge” T-shirt.

Participants in the actual plunge must raise a minimum of $75 in pledge. All plungers receive a T-shirt and goody bag. There are also incentive prizes for those who raise more than the minimum pledge.

Registration begins at 11:30 a.m. A costume contest is scheduled for 1 p.m. with the plunge starting at 1:30 p.m. A post-plunge party starts at 2 p.m. at the Trumbull Moose Family Center, 674 Main Ave. S.W., Warren.

Pre-registration and information are available by clicking here. Local information is available from Mosquito Lake Plunge Coordinator Paige Ludwig at (614) 239-7050.

The Mosquito Lake Polar Plunge for Special Olympics Ohio is the first of nine scheduled throughout Ohio this winter. Others are scheduled for Sandusky, January 30; Cincinnati (a combined effort between Ohio and Kentucky Special Olympics), February 6; Ohio University, in Athens, February 13; Crew Stadium, in Columbus, February 20; Geneva State Park, February 27; Grand Lake St. Marys, in Celina, March 6; Greater Dayton, March 13; and Indian Lake, March 20.