The Polar Plungel is Special Olympics largest fundraiser. Individuals and teams, alongside Special Olympics athletes and hundreds of community members, experience heartwarming and bone chilling extremes as they take the plunge into icy water in the middle of winter! Plungers must raise a minimum of $75 to Plunge, but the more money raised, the more opportunities that are created for the athletes to experience the life-changing benefits of participating in Special Olympics-all at no cost to themselves or their families.
DanceBlue is a student run philanthropy at the University of Kentucky. It is a year-long fundraising effort involving thousands of UK students, which culminates in a 24-hour no-sitting, no-sleeping dance marathon on UK's campus. All of the money raised by DanceBlue goes to the Golden Matrix Fund. DanceBlue has been active for over five years, raising almost two million dollars for the UK Pediatric Oncology Clinic and Markey Cancer Center. Every year, over 120 campus organizations and 650 dancers help raise money to support all the DanceBlue families.
