{"id":62358,"date":"2015-02-13T14:50:19","date_gmt":"2015-02-13T20:50:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=62358"},"modified":"2015-02-16T07:42:20","modified_gmt":"2015-02-16T13:42:20","slug":"walk-the-plank-for-hospice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=62358","title":{"rendered":"Walk The Plank raises over $31,000 for hospice"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a0<\/strong>Jamestown (CSi)\u00a0\u00a0 Over $31,000 was raised for the JRMC Hospice program in Saturday’s Polar Pig, Walk the Plank. \u00a0El Zagal Clowns representative, Richard Klose was the first to walk the plank and \u00a0plunger\u00a0 at Stutsman Harley Davidson in Jamestown.<\/p>\n

Photo Album by Matt Sheppard Online at Facebook – The Replay Channel<\/a>. \u00a0\u00a0Klose raised just over $1,ooo for the JRMC Hospice program.<\/p>\n

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Around 25\u00a0participants plunged into the warm\u00a0water container\u00a0with the air temperatures around 15 above\u00a0\u00a0with the wind chill around ten below zero, and they raised $16,000.<\/p>\n

A chilli contest was also held, raising additional dollars for hospice, along with auction items, and other donations. \u00a0The local H.O.G.S. organizatino, and District 8 ABATE co-sponsored the event.<\/p>\n

The event was recorded by CSi TV 10 – The Replay Channel and premiered Feb 13-15 on CSi TV 10. \u00a0Additional playbacks will occur later in the month.<\/p>\n

Previously Reported:<\/p>\n

Jamestown (CSi) Polar Pig, Walk the Plank<\/strong>, for 2015 is set for Sat January 31<\/strong> at Stutsman Harley Davidson in SW Jamestown.<\/p>\n

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CSi photos from 2014 by Matt Sheppard<\/p>\n

The event will\u00a0\u00a0raise dollars \u00a0for the JRMC hospice program.<\/p>\n

As usual, participants in the Polar Pig Splash, \u201cwalk the plank,\u201d wear self-styled costumes plunging into a small pool of frigid water outdoors.<\/p>\n

In 2014,Walk the Plank\u00a0raised $13,800 for Jamestown Regional Medical Center Hospice, bringing the total for the past eight years to nearly $100,000.<\/p>\n

On the January edition of City Matters on CSi TV 10<\/a> THE REPLAY CHANNEL, Don Wegner said the event is sponsored by the Harley Owners Group (HOGS) and District 3, ABATE.<\/p>\n

In addition to the live auction,provided by Roger Nenow, \u00a0a silent auction will be held this year, running from 9-a.m., to 1-p.m.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Several local businesses and individuals have donated items for the auction.<\/p>\n

Registration and the Chili Cook-off begins at 10:30-a.m., and Walk The Plank starts at 1:30-p.m.<\/p>\n

Prizes will be awarded for:<\/p>\n

Team Spirit<\/p>\n

Best Splash<\/p>\n

Wildest Costume<\/p>\n

Those participating do not necessarily have to plunge, but rather can make a donation to hospice.<\/p>\n

Also on City Matters, George Quigly pointed out that during \u00a0the Chili Cook-off\u00a0\u00a0there will be samples of 15 to 20 varieties of chili to taste, for a donation. District 8 of American Bikers Aiming Toward Education (ABATE). will give a prize for the best chili.<\/p>\n

For more information, to donate auction items or volunteer for Polar Pig Walk The Plank, call Don Wegner at 320-7866, or George Quigly at 320-5355.<\/p>\n

Photos from the 2014 “Walk The Plank” by Matt Sheppard.\u00a0 71 photos at Facebook<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0 – tag & share.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0Jamestown (CSi)\u00a0\u00a0 Over $31,000 was raised for the JRMC Hospice program in Saturday’s Polar Pig, Walk the Plank. \u00a0El Zagal Clowns representative, Richard Klose was the first to walk the plank and \u00a0plunger\u00a0 at Stutsman Harley Davidson in Jamestown. Photo Album by Matt Sheppard Online at Facebook – The Replay […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":65476,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-62358","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-csicelebrations","category-jamestown"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62358","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=62358"}],"version-history":[{"count":37,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62358\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63437,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62358\/revisions\/63437"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/65476"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=62358"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=62358"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=62358"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}