Our Story
On Sunday, March 2, 2025 our team will participate in Polar Plunge® Chicago for Special Olympics Illinois presented by Special Children's Charities, one of the city's most popular winter fundraising events! We are excited to take on the challenge and jump into Lake Michigan's chilly waters to support thousands of individuals with intellectual disabilities. Through your donations, people with intellectual disabilities can discover new strengths, abilities, and accomplishments.
There are three easy ways to support our plunging efforts:
- Donate to our team fundraising page!
- Join our team and take the plunge with us at North Avenue Beach on March 2, 2025.
- Help us spread the word! Share my fundraising page with your friends and family.
Please help us raise funds for this great cause by donating today!
Our Team
- TT Tony Taschetta $11,622.52
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Colleen Schaefers Team Captain $8,068.25
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Scott Schaefers $3,617.95
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Jim and Jean Sullivan $3,458.75
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Corcelles Capps $3,426.65
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Lani House $2,581.81
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Don Wirth $2,412.50
- SK Stacey Kulefsky $2,362.25
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Karen O'Toole $2,338.25
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Erin Hirota $2,257.50
- PH Paula Hughes Jonsson $1,590.75
- KD Katie Degnan $1,579.50
- BK Bridget Karnick $1,572.50
- RO Riley O'Neill $1,449.15
- AB Anthea Bojar $1,315.25
- CW Casey Walsh $1,127.50
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Erin Brewster $1,121.25
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Kaitlyn Walsh $1,120.00
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Ann Coles $1,101.50
- LS Lucy Schlieben $1,010.65
- MJ Mary Jean Schaefers $1,003.00
- CB Chris Bojar $972.75
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Shari Matelski-Duffy $901.25
- DI Daniel Irving $892.50
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Sara Densmore $871.75
- BF Brook Fates $837.50
- JG Jennifer Gilhuly $822.00
- KK Katie Kelleher $787.75
- NV Noelle Van Linden $752.01
- MB Megan Biederman $735.00
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Nora Bochenek $728.75
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Carissa Blough $706.25
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Rob Desautels $702.50
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Maureen O'Neill $680.00
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alex makowski $656.25
- AB Aaron Bojar $650.25
- AB Audrey Bojar $647.10
- CR Caitlin Ramos $643.75
- BS Bianca Sinise $620.00
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Nikki Huske $616.87
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Tessa Gilhuly $603.75
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Annie Boockmeier $600.00
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Delaney Donnary $579.81
- GN Gabby Nicholson $577.50
- JF Joanie Fox $577.50
- NG Nick Gierlak $555.45
- RS Ray Schmitt $552.55
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Nicole Bure $549.25
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Laura Franch $547.50
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Grace Schwieters $519.25
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Amanda Beam $513.75
- CW Carly Walsh $499.50
- RB Rose Brewster $497.50
- AS Andrew Schaefers $496.25
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Sherry Prisco $491.25
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Rebecca Lastres $471.25
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Corinne Ingrum $465.00
- MJ Meg Johnson $462.50
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Karen Lisook $461.25
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AJ Lisook $443.75
- LH Lisa Hinton $439.00
- LB Lindsey Biggam $420.00
- PK Patrick Karnick $418.75
- SK Scott Kulefsky $418.75
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Jack Stanton $417.50
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Nell Bochenek $413.75
- CO Courtney Oehring $400.75
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Michele Fornaro $399.50
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Kristin Gose $371.50
- MD Mikey Degnan $367.50
- JZ Julie Zell $366.25
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Robert Sklare $366.25
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Natalie Desautels $365.50
- MC Matt Cash $362.50
- LZ Lauren Zell $344.00
- SM Sabrina Miller $341.25
- SM Scott Miller $340.00
- NJ Nick Johnson $328.75
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Steven Schaefers $325.50
- MK Mike Kearney $315.00
- EK Ethan Kearney $315.00
- RW Rachael Wenzl $315.00
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Julie Spina $315.00
- BF Brendan Fox $315.00
- DB Dominic Bielecki $315.00
- JF Josie Fates $315.00
- MF Millie Fates $315.00
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Emma Russell $314.00
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Parker Aragon $310.00
- KK Kate Kissane $296.08
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Brad Hill $288.75
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Maura Black $285.00
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Mia Fornaro $285.00
- JS Johnny Schaefers $283.75
- TZ Timothy Zell $266.50
- SA Stephanie Abramowicz $264.00
- JJ Jeremy Jensen $262.50
- MC Mary Clare Karnick $262.50
- DS David Schlieben $262.50
- WB Wynne Bielecki $262.50
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Hayley Jefferson $261.50
- JF Jessica Furman $256.75
- KF Kelsey Fitts $254.75
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Mark Huske $252.00
- SB Stephanie Boreale $250.00
- SB Sarah Bentler $250.00
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Micah Holden $242.35
- TW Tom Wenzl $236.25
- KT Karly Tearney Sinise $236.25
- AH Anthony Hughes $236.25
- RG Ryan Gibson $233.75
- NP Nicole Panther $231.00
- BP Bill Palm $228.50
- CD Chad DeWitt $226.25
- MD Morgan Densmore $225.75
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Nacia Hatch $225.00
- AB Agnes Brewster $222.10
- JS John Schaefers $220.50
- AR Anna Rehbein $219.25
- SK Sammantha Kulefsky $213.75
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Joe Rehbein $212.43
- EL Eileen Lynch $210.00
- MM Maggie McCurdy $210.00
- MS Mario Spina $210.00
- BK Benjamine Kutylo $210.00
- BD Bert Dieter $210.00
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Alan Hinton $205.00
- RJ Rich Jefferson $203.75
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Jennifer Fornaro $203.75
- MO Marie OBrien $201.75
- JM Juilius Magtibay $200.00
- CB Claire Boreale $200.00
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Ryan Rehbein $188.00
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Maddie Gose $182.50
- ES Elisa Simi $168.00
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Lisa May $157.50
- MM Mary Megan Murphy $155.00
- LP Lauren Pilman $151.25
- ZR Zoe Rehbein $126.25
- DK Danny Karnick $118.25
- PS Patrick S. Karnick $115.75
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Maggie Prisco $110.50
- ZR Zach Ramos $105.00
- JS Jim Sullivan $105.00
- GB Genevieve Bielecki $105.00
- BS Ben Schaefers $99.75
- MS Megan Schaefers $99.75
- LS Lily Schaefers $99.75
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Christina Simi $89.25
- BL Ben Livermore $52.50
- CS Cathy Schroeder $50.00
- CB Conor Black $26.25
- MF Mya Fitzpatrick $20.00
- KH Kara Hammer $10.50
- JV Jodie Vedder $0.00
- KF Kathi Farmer $0.00
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Maha Hoffman - OAC $0.00
- CH Christian Hoffman $0.00
- DD Doug Densmore $0.00
- MD Marie Desautels $0.00
- AB Adam Biggam $0.00
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Our Supporters
- Anthony Taschetta July 2025 $150.00
- Lisa Estes June 2025 $50.00
- Anonymous April 2025 $26.25
- Grubich Family April 2025 $26.25
- Felicia & Jim Kautz March 2025 $25.00
- Lance and Cindy Speck Charitable Fund February 2025 $2,000.00
- William Conrardy February 2025 $1,050.00
- Anonymous March 2025 $1,036.65
- Joseph and Darby Cusick February 2025 $1,000.00
- James Nicholson February 2025 $525.00