Come!! Plunge with us!

Art Holloway | Jan 20, 2016

The winter weather has arrived, and just in time for the 6th Annual Frontenac Heritage Festival Polar Plunge, to be held on Valentine’s Day – February 14, 2016 at the Sharbot Lake Marina. Patrick O’Conner, our Town Crier, will open things up at 12 noon and the first plunger will hit the water shortly after. For the sake of the participants and the audience the action will be fast and furious and should wrap up within 30-45 minutes. Through the generosity of St. Lawrence College Employment Center, Karen McGregor will join Mayor Frances Smith to present the trophies for our award winners just before the plunge.

Last year was our best ever with about 40 plungers taking place.  We hope to beat that mark this year. Come!! Plunge with us - but if (for some reason) you can’t - why not sponsor a plunger? Funds raised this year will go to assisting

• Children’s and Youth programs at the Child Center (unfunded programs)
• Granite Ridge Educational Centre (Council of students, teachers and parents)
• Alzheimer Society
• Central Frontenac Volunteer Firefighters

Thank you in advance for all your generous donations.  When making cheques out to plungers, please make them payable to: Township of Central Frontenac with a notation of “Polar Plunge” at the bottom. If you want a receipt for your generous donation please include your postal address info on the pledge form so we can get the receipt to you!!  Our thanks again to Richard Struthers and his staff at the marina for hosting the event; Cox Bus Lines for making a “Warm Up” bus available; Bill Young and the firefighters for being in the water right there with us, the Emergency Services personnel for being on hand (just in case!); and the many volunteers that make this event possible.

For information or pledge forms, or for info on available plungers to fund, please contact Art Holloway at 613-985-2895 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.