❄️ Clear Lake Polar Bear Plunge 2025 🐻‍❄️

Location: City Beach, Clear Lake, IA • Check-in at VFW Post 4868 and then at the Clear Lake Yacht Club
Who: Seasoned plungers, brave first-timers, and Toe Dippers alike!
Why: Support Toys for Tots, Compassionate Connections, and Kids & Families in Need 🙌

🌊 About the Event

Join us for the Clear Lake Polar Bear Plunge 2025—the most exhilarating splash of the year! Take the plunge into the icy waters of City Beach for a heart-pounding, memory-making experience. Whether you’re a veteran plunger or a first-timer, come embrace the cold, challenge yourself, and warm some hearts along the way! 💙

🎟️ Registration & Sweatshirt

• Registration: A donation benefiting Toys for Tots, Compassionate Connections, & Kids & Families in Need.
• Minimum Donation: $60 includes a 2025 Polar Bear Plunge grey crew-neck sweatshirt.
• Shirt Sizes Guaranteed: Until November 6. After that, sizes (S–2XL) are first-come, first-served based on extras ordered.
• Sweatshirts will be available for pickup at event check-in.

🗓️ Day-of Schedule

• 10:30 AM: Check-in/Registration & Pre-Party at the VFW in Clear Lake (includes 1 free drink ticket from the VFW! 🥤)
• 12:00 PM: Check-in/Registration moves to the Clear Lake Yacht Club
• 12:30 PM: Plunge time! 🌊❄️

🧣 Warming tents will be onsite for changing afterward. Provide your team name at check-in to be announced and plunge together. Fun costumes encouraged (not required)! 🎭

🦶 Toe Dippers Club

Want the sweatshirt and the fun without a full dunk? Join the Toe Dippers Club! You’ll still get the swag, pre-party/post-party access, and that “brrr!” moment with just a toe in the lake—while supporting our charities. It’s a win-win-win. ✅

📝 Tips for First-Timers

• 🧻 Pack a towel and water shoes
• 👙 Wear your swimsuit under your clothes
• 🧥 Bring easy-to-put-on warm clothes & shoes for after the plunge
• ⚠️ For safety, never dive into the water
• 🛍️ Bring a plastic bag for wet clothes and a safe spot for your dry gear
• 😄 Most important: Have fun!

📌 Notes

• By purchasing a ticket, you’ll be required to sign a waiver at registration.
• If the event is canceled due to weather, all registrations become a donation to our charities; you will still receive your swag.
• Want to support without dipping? Venmo: @ClearLake-Jaycees 🙏

🙏 Huge Thank You to Our Sponsors

• Bank Iowa
• First Citizens Bank
• Kingland
• Charlson Excavating
• VFW Post 4868 – Clear Lake

Ready to plunge? Rally your team, plan those costumes, and we’ll see you at City Beach! 🐻‍❄️🌊