Polar Plunge in Peekskill: Time to Sign Up!

PEEKSKILL, NY — 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 started by two Peekskill residents, and here's how you can sign up, support, sponsor and spectate.

The 5th Annual Polar Plunge is planned by the This is Me Foundation, and sponsored by The Quiet Man Public House. All proceeds will go towards college scholarships for local students who have faced adversity, or helped a friend through adversity, as well as national scholarships to students who have alopecia.

The event will be held at the Peekskill Riverfront Green at 12 p.m. sharp on Jan. 1, 2017.

Interested in plunging? To sign up, please email the This Is Me Foundation at polarplunge@thisismefoundation.com by Dec. 31 with your name and age.

You know what else is wanted? Benefactors. To sponsor a plunger or donate to the event, click here. And of course spectators are cordially invited to come down the the shoreline and cheer.

The This Is Me Foundation, founded by Peekskill residents Caitlin and Lauren Brady, 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 and Cait Chivonne Polhill. The fund has provided 27 scholarships locally and nationally since 2012, and will present eight scholarships in 2017.

For more information, or to learn more about the This Is Me Foundation and the This is Me Scholarship Fund, please visit the website or the Facebook page.

Watch the YouTube video from this year's plunge.

PHOTO: 4th Annual Polar Plunge, January 2016/ Kristin D'Aliso Photography