2019 Penguin Plunge raises over $500K for Special Olympics New Hampshire

Hampton Beach saw 901 brave souls come out in their Hippie best for a fun-filled weekend!  901 Plungers from across the state raised $551,796 to support our year-round programming.

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Awards Recap

Congratulations to all of our winners!

Costume Parade

You all certainly came out in your Hippie best! Some of you dressed to impress and won over the judges!

• High School Plunge:
  • Best Team Costume
    • 1st Place: White Mountain Regional School
    • 2nd Place: Salem High School
    • 3rd Place: Nashua South, Alvirne High School and Portsmouth High School
• Penguin Plunge:
  • Best Team Costume
    • 1st Bottomline Beatniks
    • 2nd Mighty Tigers
    • 3rd Frozen Sections
  • Best Costume
    • 1st Kristen Davidson
    • 2nd David England
    • 3rd Michael Garyhardt

Top Team Fundraisers

Everyone put in so much time, energy and effort towards fundraising, and for the we thank you! Here’s to the teams that went above and beyond our wildest imaginations for their efforts!

• High School Plunge
  • Top Fundraising Team
    • 1st prospect Mountain High School , raised $5,185, $76 average raised per plunger
    • 2nd Manchester School of Technology, raised $3,300, $550 average raised per plunger
    • 3rd Nashua South, $13,936, $498 average raised per plunger
  • Top Team
    • 1st Raymond High School, raised $25,106
    • 2nd Alvirne High School, raised $24,7433
    • 3rd Nashua South, raised $13,936
• Penguin Plunge
  • Top Fundraising Team
    • 1st Cold Bruschis, raised $16,274, $2,325 average per plunger
    • 2nd Legally Freezing, $8,175 raised, $1,635 average per plunger
    • 3rd Frozen Sections, $31,179 raised, $1,559 average per plunger
  • Top Team
    • 1st Frozen Sections, $31,179 raised
    • 2nd Mighty Tigers, $24,602 raised
    • 3rd Buckley’s Frozen Seamen, $16,312 raised

Top Fundraisers

From those teams, there were a couple of teammates that really put in the extra mile when it came to fundraising!

• High School Plunge
  • 1st Bill Hayes, $4,349 raised
  • 2nd Ainsley Mazerolle, $3,025 raised
  • 3rd Leslie Reven, $2,200 raised
• Penguin Plunge
  • 1st Becky May, $11,950 raised
  • 2nd Kevin Reusch, $10,770 raised
  • 3rd Gary Mayo, $9,104 raised

Our sponsors

A big thank all of our wonderful sponsors for their continuous support! From the delicious treats to keeping everyone warm we could not have completed such a weekend without each and every one of our sponsors!