Polar Plunge 2025
Competitve Polar Plunge
St. Camillus Parking Lot
January 25, 2025
(Snow Date - February 1)
11AM EST
The Cause
Our Annual "Polar Plunge" helps raise awareness and funds to eradicate polio. Our goal of ridding the world of this disease is closer than ever.
Arlington Rotary has been committed to this cause for over 35 years. In 2021 our club had its first Polar Dip and has raised over $10,000 which is generously matched by The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, tripling the impact to over $30,000 raised.
To learn more about how your your donation will help End Polio Now visit: endpolio.org
Take up the Rotary Polar Plunge Challenge!! Help raise funds that will be matched 2x by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to fight Polio worldwide.
To donate follow the links below to our club members fundraising pages.
Arlington's Polar-Plunge Funding Competition
Rotary President Bill Hayner has been a consistent Plunger raising donations to eradicate polio. This year Arlington's Police and Fire Departments are fielding teams to outraise Bill Hayner. Now you have a choice - help Bill to raise money or help our first responder teams out-raise Bill! Read more below,
Bill Hayner
Bill has been raising money for Polio since he joined Rotary in 2013. When the Rotary district event was cancelled due to COVID in 2020 Bill led the club to create the Polar Dip.
Arlington Police Polar Plunge Team
TEAM APD
APD is fielding a strong team targeting big bucks to eradicate polio. Not only can you donate to support the Arlington Police team, but you can come to St. Camillus parking lot on January 25, 2025 at 11:00 AM to cheer them on. Be there with Arlington Rotary and APD.
- Chief Julie Flaherty-Cheerleader
- Captain Flynn-Plunger in Tank
- Captain Brendan Kiernan-Plunger in Tank
- Lt Mike Flynn-Plunger in Tank
- Office Bryan White-Plunger in Tank
Click the button below to go to Team APD's Donation Page
Arlington Fire Department Polar Plunge Team
Chief Kevin Kelley - Team Leader in Tank
Captain Martin Conroy - Plunger in Tank
Japanese Research Scientist at Brigham and Women's Challenges Rotary President Bill Hayner, Arlington Police and Fire Departments Plunge Teams!
Arlington Rotary’s Polar Plunge to raise funds to eradicate polio has taken on an international dimension. Kenji Numata, M.D, is an Assistant Professor of the Department of Emergency and Critical Medicine at St. Marianna University School of Medicine in Kawasaki, Japan, about 18 miles southwest of center Tokyo. He is currently conducting research at Brigham and Women's Hospital here in Boston. As a professional in emergency medicine, Kenji developed an interest in improving appropriate end-of-life care to patients at the end stage of life. Kenji has now entered the competition against Arlington’s Fire and Police Department teams, and Rotary President Bill Hayner.
In the U.S, end-of-life care training courses designed to improve the Quality-of-Life of terminal patients have been developed. Kenji believes that introducing such courses in Japan, where the aging population is rapidly increasing, is crucial. He is currently working through his research to bring this course to Japan. What he plans to accomplish through his research is to enable emergency healthcare providers to deliver necessary and appropriate end-of-life care to terminal patients brought to emergency department throughout the country.
Kenji, a Rotarian in the Kawasaki Miyamae Rotary Club of the Yokohama-Kawasaki District (D2590) (there are 84,000 Rotarians in Japan) is a candidate for a Global Rotary Scholarship (Disease Prevention and Treatment). While here in the US he is an honorary member of the Rotary Club of Arlington and regularly attends meetings.
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