Deep Freeze Dunk in Maple Grove to Raise Funds for Haiti
The Jan. 12 event is sponsored by Rotary Club of Maple Grove, the Rotary Partnership for Haiti and Minnetonka-based Haiti Outreach.
Dozens of people will take a cool dip into Fish Lake in Maple Grove Saturday as part of the fourth annual Deep Freeze Dunk for Haiti. The event, starting at 12:30 p.m. Jan. 12 at Fish Lake Park, is sponsored by the Rotary Club of Maple Grove, the Rotary Partnership for Haiti and Haiti Outreach, a non-profit organization headquartered in Minnetonka. Funds raised will help build new schools in Haiti. The dunk takes place on the anniversary of the 2010 catastrophic earthquake that killed thousands and left many without homes. The three previous Deep Freeze Dunks for Haiti raised approximately $50,000. The event in 2010, which was already scheduled before the earthquake, took place within days following the disaster. The plunge that year …
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