The bold will brave the cold for a good cause at annual Chattanooga Polar Plunge
February 4, 2020 at 7:00 p.m.
| Updated February 5, 2020 at 2:12 a.m.
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Susan Pierce, compiler
The Super EMTS to the Rescue team is dressed as characters from How the Grinch Stole Christmas as they wait near puddles to participate in the Special Olympics Polar Plunge at The Green at Ross's Landing on Saturday, Feb. 10, 2018, in Chattanooga, Tenn. Volunteers braved cold, rainy weather and plunged into an above-ground swimming pool at Chattanooga's riverfront to raise money for the Special Olympics. / Staff File Photo
The annual Chattanooga Polar Plunge for Special Olympics Tennessee athletes gets underway Saturday, Feb. 8, on The Green at Ross's Landing.
On-site registration begins at 10 a.m., followed by a costume contest at 11 before the first plunger takes a dive at 11:30 a.m.
A minimum donation of $75 is requested, or $50 for students, which includes a T-shirt, complimentary lunch from Chuy's and bragging rights.
The Super EMTs to the Rescue, all costumed as characters from "How the Grinch Stole Christmas," wait their turn to jump into the freezing above-ground pool at a previous Polar Plunge.
