KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Participants in the annual Special Olympics Missouri Polar Plunge braved the cold on Saturday to support 1,800 local athletes.
41 Action News anchor Kevin Holmes was on site, cheering on participants.
Snapshots from the Polar Bear Plunge. @41actionnews is a proud sponsor as our community raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for @SpecialOlympics Missouri pic.twitter.com/mG2wqUqmy0
— Kevin Holmes (@kholmesKSHB) January 25, 2020
Last year, participants raised more than $300,000.
41 Action News is a sponsor of the event, which took place at Longview Lake in Jackson County, Missouri.