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Polar Bear Plunge Raises Over $900,000

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The 28th annual Polar Bear Plunge saw over 33-hundred take to the water in 39 degree water on Sunday.

WBOC reports that the Rehoboth Beach event sponsored by Wawa raised just over $900-thousand.
The funds go toward the Special Olympics Delaware that has more than 42-hundred participants from the state.

Over its lifetime it has raise nearly $12 million.

Don Rush is the News Director and Senior Producer of News and Public Affairs at Delmarva Public Media. An award-winning journalist, Don reports major local issues of the day, from sea level rise, to urban development, to the changing demographics of Delmarva.