CULLMAN – Tomorrow's the day. Brave souls will jump into the outdoor pool at the Cullman Wellness and Aquatic Center (CWAC) for a chance to win a year-long family membership to the center. Cullman Parks and Recreation (CP&R) Director of Marketing, Programs and Events, Waid Harbison, said late today that the water temp is (gulp) 35 degrees. Saturday's forecast, from the National Weather Service, calls for Cullman to be sunny, with a high near 36, and wind chill values between 15 and 25.
The event is part of CP&R's annual Community Wellness Week, and will coincide with the yearly health fair at CWAC.
“Jan. 6 will kind of be our big day," said Harbison. "We’ll have the Polar Bear Plunge that day where people jump into the pool and have a chance to win a free membership. We’ll have free admission for the whole day and giveaways and that sort of stuff and of course memberships will be $50 off.”
Harbison has been involved in the Polar Bear Plunge for a few years now and has seen crowds of people come out to dive into those frigid waters in hopes of taking home a free year-long family membership to CWAC.
“The Polar Bear Plunge will be at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, the 6th, and that’s always an awesome, fun time where people get to jump in and get a chance to win a free membership. If you jump in, we will enter you into a drawing and it’s pretty good odds if there’s only 40 or 50 people that day,” Harbison said. “We normally have somewhere between 40 and 70 people show up, but it just depends on the weather. Last year we had a lower turnout, the pool temperature was cold; it was about (46) degrees, but the temperature on the pool deck was about (21) degrees, so it was one of the coldest days of the year. Some people have done it regularly every year since we’ve done it, and we’ve actually done it every year since the facility opened and it’s been as low as 21 degrees in the pool and as high as 50 degrees.”
Harbison continued, “On Saturday we’ll have basically the same setup that we’ve used in the past. We’ll have free admission for anyone who wants to come that day, some free fitness classes that we have so that people coming in for free that day can try one out if they want to, and we’ll also have a health fair going up and down the hallway. A lot of different people will be there; we’ll have the hospital there doing health screenings, we’ll have a massage therapist there, GNC and Weight Watchers will be there, so anything related to health and wellness we’ll have there for the health fair.”
At a glance
Saturday, Jan. 6
$50 off memberships
Member giveaways
Polar Bear Plunge at 10:30 a.m.
Free health fair
Free admission all day
More info: http://cullmanrecreation.org/
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