Polar Plunge Pledges: What Our Donation Goes to Support
Saturday marked the sixth year that IWCO Direct employees braved the frigid waters of Thomas Beach on Lake Calhoun in Minneapolis for the Polar Plunge. Although the temperatures for the event reached an unseasonal 39 degrees, the water itself, as any of our 47 plungers will assure you, wasn’t as mild. Even for plunging […]
Brrr..aving the IWCO Direct Polar Plunge
A few months back I was on a conference call with Debora Haskel, Kurt Ruppel and Ashley Leone when I asked about the status of this year’s Polar Plunge team from IWCO Direct. The Polar Plunge is a fantastic event for […]
Diving Head First Into the Polar Bear Plunge
If your friends jumped off a bridge, would you? What if it was your coworkers and it was into a frozen lake? Peer pressure, I learned, never really goes away. When I first started at IWCO Direct in the summer, I was told about the Polar Bear Plunge. It’s an event where people form […]
Plunging Thrice is Just as Nice
They did it again! On Saturday, March 2, a team of 30 IWCO Direct Chanhassen employees participated in the Polar Bear Plunge – an annual event sponsored by Minnesota law enforcement officials to raise money for Special Olympics Minnesota. Polar Bear Plunge? I’ve never heard of it! The Polar Bear Plunge “is a unique opportunity […]
Taking the Plunge for Special Olympics Minnesota
It’s been a mild winter here in Minnesota. Temperatures are up and snow levels are down, but the water in Lake Calhoun is as cold as ever. Trust me, you can take our employees’ word for it. On Saturday, March 3, a team of 23 IWCO Direct employees participated in the Polar Bear Plunge – […]