Each February Mat Su Sertoma Club holds the annual Mat Su Polar Plunge, an event some view as "crazy," but we'd like to think of it as sheer Alaskan fun! Have you ever thought about how cold the water underneath feet of ice on a lake might be in February? Well, we encourage you to find out and help raise funds by jumping through a hole in the ice on Wasilla Lake! Sign up, find sponsors, and take the PLUNGE!! You won't regret it.
After each Plunge is complete, we tally the funds raised and split them three ways - between two deserving non-profit organizations (this could be your group!) and Sertoma (so that we can do the Plunge again NEXT YEAR!)
Think it over, come up with a costume idea, and then sign up when registration starts in November. We'll be keeping an eye out for you.
Until 2013 Plunge!
Polar Plunge 2012 DVDs Now Available!
Our awesome Polar Plunge 2012 DVDs have arrived! You can pick them up on Thursday nights at Tailgaters in Wasilla starting at 5PM tonight! DVDs are $10 and proceeds go toward next years Plunge!
Thank you so much to Powder Ridge Productions for all of their great work!
Join Sertoma for our weekly meeting at Tailgaters in Wasilla Thursday nights at 5:30!
If you'd like to order a DVD or need to have it delivered please contact candace@matsuhearing.org
So… How Was It?!
Andrew Wellner with the Mat Su Valley Frontiersman took the plunge... and wrote a follow-up article! Want to know what goes through a jumpers' mind before, during and after the plunge? Well now you can find out... (orrrrr you can take the leap next year and experience it for yourself..hehe) "Dozens jump into Wasilla Lake to raise funds for charity" By Andrew Wellner
Today’s the Day!
Oh my gosh! After much hard work and a lot of planning, we have arrived at plunge day! We're here at Rumrunners at the Mat Su Resort starting up registration! Come out and watch some crazy people jump in Wasilla lake.... Or raise $100 and jump with us!!
Jumping starts at noon guys, hope to see you here!!
Frontiersman Article
Will Les Helfrich jump in a pink tutu and a tiara? He plans to if he can raise at least $500! Check out the full article from the Mat Su Valley Frontiersman "Polar Plunge promises to be breath-taking" written by Greg Johnson. Thanks Greg and the Frontiersman!
Grant Recipients
Mat Su Sertoma Club names
Mat Su Polar Plunge Grant Recipients
The Mat Su Sertoma Club is pleased to announce the grant recipients of the 8th Annual Mat Su Polar Plunge fund raising event being held on February 18, 2012. Congratulations to Mat Su Special Olympics and Valley Performing Arts as beneficiaries of this grant which is coordinated by the Mat Su Sertoma Club. Funds raised at the Mat Su Polar Plunge will be shared with these two deserving organizations.
Special Olympics will be utilizing the funds to purchase hockey equipment for their athletes. Valley Performing Arts will be using grant funds to will be used to upgrade their theatre’s sound system to include the latest in induction loop hearing assistance technology, more commonly referred to as “looping”. Those with looping-capable hearing aids will be able to hear each performances more clearly without the need of an additional device and those that have some hearing assistance need will be able to borrow looping devices to enhance their theatre experience. The community is welcome to meet and greet representatives of both organizations during the Mat Su Polar Plunge.
The Mat Su Polar Plunge is scheduled to take place at RumRunners @ Mat Su Resort on Wasilla Lake, Saturday, February 18. Registration begins at 10 a.m. and our first plunger will take the leap promptly at noon. This is a family event so all are welcome to attend.
Anyone can plunge and help with this great fundraiser. Register online and your friends can use the online pay pal to make their pledge. Or, you can simply show up the day of the plunge with your pledge money at 10am. Each individual jumper is asked to raise a minimum of $100 to go toward this wonderful fundraiser.
Become a part of the “Original Valley Dip”, a fundraiser for your community. Mat-Su Polar Plunge website is www.matsuplunge.org- checkout who’s taking the plunge!
The Mat-Su Sertoma Club (SERvice TO MAnkind) meets each Thursday at 5 p.m. at Tailgater’s Restaurant. Their mission is to provide hearing health and education to the residents of the Mat Su Valley and through membership volunteerism support our community.
2012 Polar Plunge Grant- PRESS RELEASE
Which jumper will raise the most?!
We're giving GOLD, SILVER, and BRONZE medals to the top three fund raisers....
Come on! GO FOR THE GOLD!!
Sign up to jump, if you haven't already - tell your friends - get some sponsors!! Let's make this the best Plunge YET!!
Sponsor 2013!
AK Building Maintenance
ITS Alaska
Linda Brandon
Alaska USA
WaterPro
Wasilla Physical Therapy
Usibelli Coal Mine
Be a Corporate Sponsor!
FNB Alaska
Country Legends
DG Signs
Hatcher Pass Polaris
Shake Your Day
Wolf Eye Center
Alaska Waste
Denali Destroyer Dolls
Sponsor 2013!
Forbess Flooring
MTA
AK Crystal Glacier Water
A Few 2012 Jumpers…
Krystal Heimerl
Leigh Parks
Nick Parks
Tina Clifford
Karol Collyer
Larry Bottjen
Cathy Havins
Hannah Murdoch
Tori Marquard
Molly Hunter
Jerry Famolari
Erin Kelly First National Bank of Alaska
John Christopher Ludden
Cody Cooper
Richelle Donovan
Jamie Vogt
Ashlee Sheree Stetson
Kolten Conant
Josh Houston
Miss Tawni Davis
Brette Nolen
Allex Nolen
Erin Elizabeth Kelly
Miriah Patrick
Josette Schmer
Troy Tracy US NAVY
Ned Tri
