Single Plunge for Special Olympics Iowa is Nov. 7 at Big Creek

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Date: October 27,  2009

Contact:  Jeanette Steinfeldt (515) 418-2276

Polk City, Iowa - Law enforcement officers along with the general public will jump into Big Creek on Saturday, November 7, marking the 12th Annual Special Olympics Iowa Law Enforcement Polar Plunge. Participants will jump into Big Creek in groups of 10 or more, and each plunger will be announced by team name prior to plunging. Participants can either recruit a team of 10 or be placed on a team the day of the Plunge.

When a “plunger” raises $60 in pledges they receive an official polar bear sweatshirt, admission to the post-plunge party where participants will enjoy a dinner courtesy of Texas Roadhouse. 

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Special prizes will be given to the Polar Bear who raises the most money, the team with the best costumes and the Polar Bear with the best costume. Sponsors for the Des Moines plunge include: 95 KGGO, Coca-Cola Atlantic Bottling Company, Freeman, Iowa Underwater Search and Rescue, Texas Roadhouse, and Polk City Fire Department.

Special Olympics Iowa is a nonprofit organization serving Iowans with intellectual disabilities since 1968. SOIA provides training and competitions in 22 sports for more than 11,350 athletes and their Unified Sports Partners representing each of Iowa’s 99 counties. For more information, please call 515-986-5520 or visit www.soiowa.org.

The Iowa Law Enforcement Torch Run is the single largest year-round fundraising event benefiting SOIA.  The intra-state relay and its various fundraising projects have two goals: to raise money and increase public awareness for the athletes of SOIA.  Each year, more than 500 officers in Iowa run more than 400 miles carrying the Flame of Hope through the streets of their home towns and deliver it to the SOIA State Summer Games in Ames, Iowa, in May.