Maple Grove Ambassador Scholarship Program

OH THE PLACES WE'VE BEEN

Friday, July 10th, 2009
10 Years of the Maple Grove Ambassador Scholarship Program! [MORE]

Friday, July 10th, 2009
Maple Grove Celebrates 10 Good Deeds for 10 Great Years! [MORE]

Sunday, January 11th, 2009
Second Annual Maple Grove Locks of Love Drive [MORE]

Monday, November 3rd, 2008
President's Volunteer Service Award Certified Organization [MORE]

Saturday, September 6th, 2008
Kendra's Wish [MORE]

Friday, July 25th, 2008
Former Maple Grove Ambassador Tara Litwinchuk Crowned 2009 Queen of the Lakes [MORE]

Saturday, March 8th, 2008
Freezin' For a Reason! Polar Bear Plunge [MORE]

Sunday, January 20th, 2008
First Annual Maple Grove Locks of Love Drive [MORE]

Thursday, September 6th, 2007
2007 Maple Grove Ambassador Alex West featured in the Pioneer Press [MORE]

Thursday, August 23rd, 2007
2007 Maple Grove Ambassadors and Marjorie Johnson on KARE11! [MORE]

Friday, May 11th, 2007
2006 Ambassadors featured in 'Best of' issue of Maple Grove Magazine [MORE]

Saturday, February 24th, 2007
Polar Plunge raises $70,000 for Minnesota Special Olympics - Thisweek Newspaper [MORE]

Saturday, February 10th, 2007
First Annual Kids Day Minnesota Event [MORE]

Saturday, February 3rd, 2007
Former Maple Grove Ambassador Nicole Lepinski (2005) crowned in Winter Carnival at Michigan Tech [MORE]

Thursday, January 11th, 2007
Osseo Elementary welcomes the Maple Grove Ambassadors [MORE]

Saturday, September 9th, 2006
Golf tradition raises funds for charity [MORE]

Wednesday, August 16th, 2006
An Evening of Fashion and Fun [MORE]

Thursday, July 20th, 2006
Maple Grove Ambassador Float Wins Prestigious Award [MORE]

Sunday, March 12th, 2006
Former Maple Grove Ambassador Becky Ringen (2001) wins the title of Miss Minnesota International. [MORE]

Tuesday, April 5th, 2005
Former Maple Grove Ambassador Kellie LaVoie (2002) reports for KDLH Duluth News [MORE]

Polar Plunge raises $70,000 for Minnesota Special Olympics - Thisweek Newspaper

Saturday, February 24th, 2007

Polar Plunge raises $70,000 for Minnesota Special Olympics
Posted: 3/2/07

by Jeff Achen
Thisweek Newspapers

Call them nuts. Call them fanatics. Or just call them crazy about goodwill.

A total of 280 plungers took a dip in ice-cold Lac Lavon in Burnsville on Feb. 24 to raise $70,000 for Special Olympics Minnesota. This was the second annual Polar Bear Plunge for the south metro.

Triathlete and Farmington resident Julie Hull was out at Lac Lavon for the plunge with a group of friends. She said her family is used to seeing her take on some extreme events.

'Triathletes are kinda crazy people anyway,' she said. 'We've been getting psyched for this.'

Hull said achieving her dreams of being a triathlete have inspired her to participate in the Polar Bear Plunge as a way to help Special Olympics athletes financially so they can achieve their dreams.

Maple Grove ambassadors Stephanie Plant and Korbin Kvaas were also braving the cold for the cause.

'This is our first plunge. We've never done something this crazy before,' Kvaas said.

'We're just going to run and take a really big leap,' Plant said.

Apple Valley Police Capt. Jon Rechtzigel, his son Mitchell and his daughter Nicole also took part. For Jon and Nicole, it was their second year taking the plunge. Nicole said it was cold last year, but the charity brought her back this year.

'I figured it's for a really good cause and it's over really fast,' Nicole said.

There was a number of other law enforcement agencies, fire departments and civilian teams, such as the Farmington Fire Department, the Burnsville, Eden Prairie and Apple Valley police, and the Minnesota Highway Patrol at the event. Many of them were in costume to make the event even more fun.

Jeff Achen can be reached at av.thisweek@ecm-inc.com

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