Don't Miss: Polar Plunge in Peekskill New Year's Day

From the This is Me Foundation

Local residents will be plunging into the cold waters of the Hudson River on New Year’s Day to raise money for a great cause.

Sponsored by The Quiet Man Public House, all proceeds from the Polar Plunge will go to the This is Me Foundation, and specifically towards college scholarships for local students who have faced an adversity, or helped a friend through adversity, as well as nationally to students who have alopecia.

The event will be held at the Peekskill Riverfront Green at 1:00 p.m. on January 1, 2015 and is open to the public to watch and cheer on the brave plungers. If interested in plunging, participants are still being accepted. To sign-up, please email the This Is Me Foundation co-founder, Lauren Brady at the above email address by December 31st.

To sponsor a plunger or donate to the event, please visit http://www.newyearspolarplunge.org

The This Is Me Foundation was created to raise awareness about alopecia, an auto-immune disease that causes hair loss, while giving hope to any individual who faces adversity. All proceeds go directly to the This Is Me Scholarship Fund, Inspired by Ryan Risco & Cait Chivonne Polhill. The fund provided two scholarships to local students in 2012, and four scholarships locally and two nationally in both 2013 and 2014.

For more information, or to learn more about the This Is Me Foundation and the This is Me Scholarship Fund , please visit the website at http://www.thisismefoundation.com or the Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/ThisIsMeFoundation

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