The 17th annual Breezy Point Polar Plunge is Saturday, March 5. The Special Olympics fundraiser will take place outdoors on Pelican Lake. This year’s goal is to raise $50,000, and about $40,000 has been raised — with more than 230 plungers registered — as of Thursday.
Teams from Brainerd, Pillager, Crosby-Ironton and Staples-Motley schools will participate in the Cool School Polar Plunge Friday, March 6, at Breezy Point Resort.
With an air temperature hovering around 10 degrees, 330 jumpers decided that wasn't cold enough as they leapt into the frigid waters of Pelican Lake as part of the annual Polar Plunge at Breezy Point Resort on Saturday, March 2.
The 14th annual Polar Plunge will take place Saturday, March 2, on Pelican Lake at Breezy Point Resort. Check-in will run from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The plunge will start at 1 p.m. Plungers are encouraged to wear costumes. The Polar Plunge is a s...
Brainerd resident Jerry Barthel was 19 when he started plunging into the frozen waters of Pelican Lake, off the shore of Breezy Point Resort. Fast forward 20 years and Barthel, 39, continues the tradition because it's for a good cause--raising mo...
