Join the 2025 MSP Polar Bear Plunge and help provide year-round sports and leadership programs for the athletes and Unified® teammates of Special Olympics Maryland.

The 2024 Super Plunge raised a record-setting $700,425.96 with 67 Super Plungers including Special Olympics Maryland athletes. See if you have what it takes to be part of this elite team!

All proceed from the MSP Polar Bear Plunge, including sponsorship, benefits the athletes of Special Olympics Maryland. Events like the MSP Polar Bear Plunge allow Special Olympics athletes to participate in year-round sports free of charge

February 15, 1997 – On the morning of the first plunge, a team from Special Olympics, the Maryland State Police, Maryland Park Service, Maryland Natural Resources Police, and the Law Enforcement Torch Run gathered on the beach at Sandy Point …

Our Special Olympics Maryland Team will sort through footage as fast as we can after the Plunge concludes and will upload Plunge photo albums to our Plunge Maryland Facebook page in the weeks following the Plunge!

All money raised from the Plunge directly benefits Special Olympics Maryland athletes and Unifed® teammates across the state. As a Plunger, you can utilize all of the fundraising resources in our library.

If you are a new plunger or just need a refresher on the full Plunge experience, this is the page for you. We will walk you through each step of the process from registration to meeting Special Olympics Maryland athletes on the beach of Sandy Point State Park.

The Polar Bear Plunge is part of Maryland's history. Since 1996, thousands of plungers have jumped into the icy waters of the Chesapeake Bay all in support of Special Olympics Maryland.

Lone Oak Farm Brewing Company is teaming up with Special Olympics Maryland to host the Pint Size Polar Bear Plunge on Saturday, July 20th from 12:00 to 5:00 pm as a 6-month kickoff to the 2025 MSP Polar Bear Plunge.

The Corporate Plunge is a great team building experience for companies across Maryland. The money raised at the Polar Bear Plunge goes towards funding Special Olympics Maryland athletes, an organization can really come together and bond over the mission of Special Olympics Maryland, and inclusion.