{"id":104532,"date":"2020-12-23T21:22:35","date_gmt":"2020-12-24T02:22:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=104532"},"modified":"2020-12-23T21:26:46","modified_gmt":"2020-12-24T02:26:46","slug":"announcing-the-2021-lehigh-valley-polar-plunge-lehighplunge-freezinforareason","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=104532","title":{"rendered":"Announcing the&#8230;  2021 Lehigh Valley Polar Plunge  #LehighPlunge #FreezinForAReason"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.classy.org\/event\/2021-lehigh-valley-polar-plunge\/e280482\">CLICK HERE TO REGISTER FOR THE PLUNGE<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Before we kick off the holiday season, we wanted to let you know about the upcoming\u00a0<strong>Lehigh Valley Polar Plunge.<\/strong>\u00a0We&#8217;re<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>excited to offer new, fun and safe ways to raise funds for Special Olympics PA and, in 2021, we will be hosting a modified in-person plunge as well as a virtual option.\u00a0Our goal is to provide everyone an opportunity to be\u00a0#FreezinForAReason in the safest manner possible. Thank you for being a part of our movement and for supporting our athletes!<\/p>\n<p><strong>We&#8217;re offering (3) options to participate in the 2021 Lehigh Valley Polar Plunge. Click the bears below to learn more!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-104535\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Plunge_v2-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Plunge_v2-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Plunge_v2-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Plunge_v2-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Plunge_v2-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Plunge_v2-1536x1536.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Plunge_v2-100x100.png 100w, https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Plunge_v2.png 1876w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Plunge In-Person<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Saturday, February 13, 2021<br \/>\nScott Park, Easton, PA<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Jump into the frigid Delaware River to support Special Olympics PA! In-Person Plungers commit to fundraising a minimum of $150 to participate.<\/p>\n<p><em>Note:\u00a0<\/em>To reduce crowd size and ensure the health and safety of our plungers, volunteers, and staff, In-Person Plungers must register in-advance for a plunge wave. All waves have a maximum registration number of 20 plungers. Click the bear icon for more.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-104534\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Pop-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Pop-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Pop-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Pop-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Pop-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Pop-1536x1536.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Pop-100x100.png 100w, https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Pop.png 1876w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Burrr-tual (Virtual)<br \/>\nPolar Pop<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>February 1-26, 2021<br \/>\nScott Park, Easton, PA<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>New for 2021:\u00a0<\/em>Fundraise at home but still get the #FreezinForAReason experience! Register for the Polar Pop, make a donation, raise funds from your friends and family, and then&#8230; POP a cold water balloon over your head. If you raise $50, we&#8217;ll send you a 2021 plunge t-shirt.<\/p>\n<p>Challenge your friends, family, and co-workers to take part in the Polar Pop! Then, join us on February 27, 2021 on social media for our Virtual Polar Plunge Party. Click the bear icon for more info.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: open sans, helvetica neue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-104533\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/PAWS_v2-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/PAWS_v2-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/PAWS_v2-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/PAWS_v2-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/PAWS_v2-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/PAWS_v2-1536x1536.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/PAWS_v2-100x100.png 100w, https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/PAWS_v2.png 1876w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Hibernating Bear<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Sleep in&#8230; Stay dry!<\/em><br \/>\nDon&#8217;t want to pop or plunge? Make a one-time donation of $50 instead and we&#8217;ll still send you an official 2021 plunge t-shirt.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classy.org\/event\/2021-lehigh-valley-polar-plunge\/e280482\">CLICK HERE TO REGISTER FOR THE PLUNGE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Information provided to TVL by:<br \/>\nSpecial Olympics PA<br \/>\nGreater Lehigh Valley Pocono Region<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/specialolympicspa-glvpr.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/specialolympicspa-glvpr.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CLICK HERE TO REGISTER FOR THE PLUNGE Before we kick off the holiday season, we wanted to let you know about the upcoming\u00a0Lehigh Valley Polar Plunge.\u00a0We&#8217;re\u00a0excited to offer new, fun &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=104532\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Announcing the&#8230;  2021 Lehigh Valley Polar Plunge  #LehighPlunge #FreezinForAReason<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104536,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[69,482],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-104532","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-the-valley","category-press-release-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/polar-plunge-2021.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104532"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=104532"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104532\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/104536"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=104532"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=104532"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=104532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}