Rotary Polar Plunge Results

Posted by Brian Angus

on Feb 24, 2012

The Rotary Club of Penetanguishene is proud to announce that over $6,500 was raised for our community during the 12^th Annual Rotary Polar Plunge held on Saturday February 18^th during Penetanguishene’s Winterama. Sixteen plungers collected pledges on behalf of various non-profit organizations. These pledges were then given to the Rotary Club of Penetanguishene which subsequently made a donation of 60% of the pledged money to the specified non-profit organization. The other 40% will be used by the Rotary Club for its various projects within the community. A total of over $90,000 has been raised by plungers over the past 12 years.

In addition to the plungers and the community that supported them, the Rotary Club would like to recognize and thank the following:

Keith Kelly and his crew from the Town of Penetanguishene’s Public Works Department for piling snow
Wendy Cousineau and the rest of the Town of Penetanguishene for their support
Paul Ryan and the Penetanguishene Fire Department for filling the pool
The Penetanguishene Curling Club for hosting the event
The Community Emergency Response Team for being on hand
Rotarian Rob McLaughlin for acting as site leader during the event
Rotarian Carey Moran for acting as our Master of Ceremonies
Jacques Brunet for assisting with the sound system
Ferenc Stenton for creating the poster we use year-after-year
Midland Rotarian Randy Post
Penetanguishene Rotarians as well as their family and friends
Special thanks to Randy Gostick from Penetang Excavating, Mike McKeown, and the staff at Beacon Bay Marina for building the pool

Here are details of the pledges collected:

Plunger	Pledges Collected	Non-Profit Organization	60% Donation
Jacqueline Banton	$210.00	Canadian Mental Health Association	$110.00
Danielle Dorion	$255.00	Society of St. Vincent de Paul, Penetanguishene	$153.00
Luc Dubeau	$370.00	Community Emergency Response Team	$222.00
Kaila Foreman	$1,067.00	Joshua Brunelle Fund	$640.20
Debra Froese	$518.00	Hearts for Gaby	$310.80
Jackie Kinnear	$384.00	Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of Canada	$230.40
Mathieu Manton	$410.00	Georgian Bay General Hospital Foundation	$246.00
Alanna Millington	$200.00	The Rotary Foundation (Canada) Box B9322	$120.00
Julia Moreau	$195.00	Robert Robitaille Pavilion Lafontaine	$117.00
Richard Philbin	$1,365.00	La Cle de la Baie	$819.00
Brad Pingle	$100.00	Community Living Huronia	$60.00
Jonathon Reid	$200.00	Rotary Club of Penetanguishene	$120.00
Tamara Ryan	$200.00	TOMA Foundation for Burned Children	$120.00
Jill St. Amant	$697.00	Georgian Bay General Hospital Foundation	$418.20
Evan Topping	$189.00	Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation	$113.40
Erin Wright	$337.00	Starlight Children's Foundation	$202.20