Participants brave elements, raise $10K
Lake Santeetlah – For the first time since February 2020, the chilly “Polar Plunge” was held.
Volunteers were sponsored by area residents and businesses, and tasked with setting aside both personal ego – and all feeling in their extremities – to rush into the cold waters of Lake Santeetlah on Feb. 18.
The 2023 installment of the event netted more than $10,000, which is being divided up between the Graham Cancer Support Group and Robbinsville High School baseball program.
Other news and notes
At the support group’s Feb. 9 meeting, the organization settled on several important dates that will take place in 2023:
* The “Live Like Kortne” Day – formed last year, in memory of Kortne Walsh – will be held at the United Community Bank Meeting Room on Saturday, April 22. The event will feature a blood drive;
* A huge hit in August 2022, the second “Graham County’s Got Talent” has been penciled in for Saturday, Sept. 16;
* The group is eyeing a date in April or May to do a 5K fundraiser;
* Due to the recent flooding that took place inside the Graham County Community Building on Jan. 27, the group’s care room inside the facility has been temporarily closed.