$47K Splash For Special Olympics

(Versailles, Ind.) - The Indiana Special Olympics Polar Plunge at the Versailles State Park raised a lot of money.

 

Plungers splashed into the ice-cold water at the park on Saturday, all to raise money for special olympians in Indiana.

 

The preliminary event fundraising total was $47,600, well over the 2011 total of $38,273, according to event organizer Greg Townsend.

 

Participation was also up this year as nearly 190 people took the plunge. Another 60 ran in the Polar Climb 5K.

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