Hazelwood Police Are Taking the Polar Plunge

The Hazelwood Police Department will be amongst roughly 800 people diving into Creve Coeur Lake for the annual Polar Plunge on Saturday.

Thursday's snow will make the event feel more like the polar element of which it's named, and that more meaningful for the Special Olympics of Missouri, which will benefit from the event.

The 2013 Polar Plunge is the seventh year of the event and HPD has a team of 14 people that will be jumping in.

The Creve Coeur Lake Polar Plunge is the the second plunge held in the St. Louis area. One was held in Wentzville earlier in the month.

HPD has already raised $5,680 for the event which begins Saturday at 2 p.m.

People bold enough to brave the cold temperatures will be able to do on-site registration starting at noon. The National Weather Service is forecasting a high of 33 degrees.

For more information about the event visit the Special Olympics Missouri Polar Plunge website.

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