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14 | March 15, 2018 | The highland park landmark news<br />
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Take the Plunge raises<br />
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Staff Report<br />
Winter swimming<br />
events, often branded as<br />
a “polar plunge,” have<br />
grown in popularity in<br />
recent years, but not all<br />
raise funds for a cause.<br />
Highland Park High<br />
School’s Take the Plunge<br />
challenge, however, did<br />
exactly that<br />
On the morning of Feb.<br />
25, members of Highland<br />
Park High School’s Rotary<br />
Interact Club boarded<br />
buses and headed to Fox<br />
Lake to participate in the<br />
annual Polar Plunge to<br />
support Special Olympics<br />
Illinois, according to a<br />
press release.<br />
Dressed in their favorite<br />
Spongebob Squarepants<br />
gear to represent their<br />
theme, “<strong>HP</strong>HS Presents:<br />
Plungebob Squarepants,”<br />
the 75 club members<br />
raised roughly $15,000<br />
diving into the icy waters.<br />
While the club did not<br />
win the award for best<br />
costume, it walked away<br />
with the ‘Cool School<br />
Challenge’ trophy for the<br />
second consecutive year.<br />
This award is given to the<br />
group that raises the most<br />
funding, according to the<br />
press release.<br />
Teacher Melissa Zientara,<br />
one of the sponsors<br />
of the school’s Rotary Interact<br />
Club, was presented<br />
with an award for being<br />
a top fundraiser, raising<br />
more than $4,000 in memory<br />
of her former student<br />
and Rotary Interact Club<br />
member Rohan Malempati.<br />
Rohan, who died in<br />
2014, loved volunteering<br />
for Special Olympics and<br />
was an integral part of<br />
making the Rotary Interact<br />
Club what it is today,<br />
according to the press release.<br />
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A group of Highland Park High School students jump into the frigid waters of Fox<br />
Lake clad in SpongeBob SquarePants outfits. Photo submitted
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