Free Ticket to SeaWorld Aquatica by Fundraising for Special Olympics
Posted by Ashley McChesney on Mon, Jan 11, 2010 @ 01:36 PM
Polar Plunge will be hosted at SeaWorld's Aquatica in Orlando for the Special Olympics Florida this year.
The event will be on the morning of Jan. 16, and participants will be able to spend the rest of the day at Aquatica.
"We're turning the heaters off in one of wave pools... We're expecting it's probably going to get somewhere between 65 and 68 degrees. It really depends on the ambient air temperature as to how cold it will get."
-Rick Beddow, Aquatica vice president
By the way this past weekend (one week before the event) in Orlando was around 35 degrees.
"It's a huge revenue-generating, fund-raising event for Special Olympics chapters. Some states hold 20 to 25 Plunges a year."
-Amie Dugan, vice president for marketing and communications for Special Olympics Florida
Participants who raise $50 or more get a day at the water park, a commemorative T-shirt and a chance to take a in the icy-ish waters of the wave pool. There are incentives to raise more, including all-day food passes, tickets for future trips to Aquatica and SeaWorld, Publix gift cards and hotel stays. People who want to raise money but stay on dry ground can register as "Virtual Plungers." Minimum age to participate is 15 years old.
More details and registration information at www.specialolympicsflorida.org.
Day-of registration will begin at 9:30 a.m., followed by opening ceremonies at 11 a.m. Special Olympics participants will hit the cold waves first, then event folks in groups of about 100, Beddow says. It will be a wade-in sort of thing - no diving.
The intent is to make Aquatica's Polar Plunge an annual event.
Via: Orlando Sentinel
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