Eastern Conn. 'Penguin Plunge' planned for charity

COVENTRY, Conn. (AP) - Dozens of students from Eastern Connecticut State University are anticipating a bone-chilling start to their weekend in the name of charity.

Students and others at the Willimantic school are taking pledges from family, friends and businesses as they prepare to participate in the third annual "Penguin Plunge," in which they will jump into a Coventry Lake on Saturday morning.

Money they collect through the fund-raiser will go to Special Olympics Connecticut.

Officers from the Coventry and ECSU police departments also plan to endure the morning "plunge" as part of the fund-raiser, the first of several planned throughout the winter throughout Connecticut.

Saturday's temperatures are expected to reach the mid-40s, so the plunge may be a bit more bearable than others scheduled in January and February.

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Online: http://www.soct.org/plunges/