Twenty-seven hardy souls took a plunge into Rainy Lake yesterday as part of the Voyageur Lions Club’s annual Polar Plunge.
All did so to raise $9,665 for their favourite charities.
Andrea Turgeon was the top fundraiser, collecting $1,150 for Friends of Animals.
Daroll and Elana Van Deventer, who are from South Africa but now living in Fort Frances, raised $1,000 for their jump in support of a South African organization that works to alleviate poverty and assists young people in the community of Mooiplaas, South Africa.
The temperature at the time of their jump a bone chilling minus 21 C, minus 31 C with the wind
Top Fundraising Teams
Friends of Animals – $2,789.75
Fort Frances High School French Class – $2,165.00
Ditshego House of Laughter (South Africa) – $1,000
Top Individual Fundraisers
Andrea Turgeon – Friends of Animals – $1,150
Darrol & Elana Van Deventer – Ditshego House of Laughter – $1,000
Parker Boyd – Friends of Animals – $ 718
