Franklin Regional Unified Club celebrates Special Olympics fundraising with 'Cool School Plunge'
After raising more than $6,000 for Special Olympics Pennsylvania, members of the Franklin Regional Unified Club were ready to celebrate.
Typically, that celebration takes the form of the annual Polar Plunge held at Heinz Field and pitting kids and adults alike against the shattering cold of Western Pennsylvania water in February.
With covid-19 precautions in place, however, the larger celebration was localized this year, and FR students and staff organized the “Cool School Plunge,” using a large Rubbermaid tub to do a little bit of mini-plunging, with the hose turned on for good measure.
Patrick Varine is a TribLive reporter covering Delmont, Export and Murrysville. He is a Western Pennsylvania native and joined the Trib in 2010 after working as a reporter and editor with the former Dover Post Co. in Delaware. He can be reached at pvarine@triblive.com.
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