Polar Bear Club distributes funds raised from New Year’s Plunge to Aquarium, local nonprofits
From brooklyneagle.com
It may be the middle of summer, but the Coney Island Polar Bear Club has just announced the recipients of the money raised from its 117th Annual Virtual New Year’s Day Polar Plunge — all of them well-known nonprofits in the Coney Island area.
The Polar Bear Club awarded donations totaling more than $10,000 to these organizations. It chose groups that demonstrate community leadership ranging from advocacy, public programming and educational resources to youth engagement. The Plunge, held virtually this year because of COVID, resulted in more than 200 supporters purchasing items that directly supported the nonprofits.