11 December 2008

Fund Raising Clock Winding Down


On Saturday, participants from the Saratoga Rugby Community will be taking the Polar Plunge Challenge to help raise money for the Special Olympics of New York. Over twenty members of Saratoga Rugby have been raising money for this event and with the help of their supportive friends, relatives, and co-workers, are currently ranked second in terms of total team fund raising.

The event consists of people agreeing to jump into Lake George this Saturday, no matter what the temperature, in hopes that the stunt will help generate amusement and donations from people that they know. Students were lining up at Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake High School to put spare change in a coffee can to get rugby coach and German teacher Kelly Canavan deeper and deeper into the water. "It's for a great cause," Canavan said. "I was a diver when I lived in Cleveland, so this should be like a mid summer swim for me. I told kids that I would get deeper in the lake with every $50 that was collected." Many students wanted to see if that was the case and agreed to put their money where her mouth was.

If you have interest, visit the team's Polar Plunge Page and make a donation. Each donation, no matter how small, helps the Special Olympics continue to provide opportunities for the differently-abled athletes their organization serves.