{"id":39374,"date":"2023-01-23T14:39:53","date_gmt":"2023-01-23T19:39:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/?p=39374"},"modified":"2023-01-23T14:39:53","modified_gmt":"2023-01-23T19:39:53","slug":"batavia-city-pd-to-participate-in-the-polar-plunge-at-john-kennedy-school-looking-to-raise-1000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2023\/01\/23\/batavia-city-pd-to-participate-in-the-polar-plunge-at-john-kennedy-school-looking-to-raise-1000\/","title":{"rendered":"BATAVIA\/City PD to participate in the Polar Plunge at John Kennedy School, looking to raise $1,000"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"512\" data-attachment-id=\"39375\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2023\/01\/23\/batavia-city-pd-to-participate-in-the-polar-plunge-at-john-kennedy-school-looking-to-raise-1000\/polar_plunge\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/polar_plunge.jpg?fit=512%2C512&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"512,512\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"polar_plunge\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/polar_plunge.jpg?fit=512%2C512&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/polar_plunge.jpg?resize=512%2C512&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-39375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/polar_plunge.jpg?w=512&amp;ssl=1 512w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/polar_plunge.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/polar_plunge.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Press Release<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The City of Batavia Police Department\u00a0has\u00a0accepted the challenge to support Special Olympics New York by participating in the Polar Plunge located at John Kennedy Intermediate on February 10th, and have set a goal to raise at least $1,000! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Children and adults with intellectual differences that participate in Special Olympics New York pledge an oath, &#8220;Let me win. But if I cannot win, let me be brave in the attempt&#8221;. Today, the oath has never been truer and Special Olympics New York athletes need our help! How can you help? Please take a moment to visit our personal fundraising page and make donation to help us reach our fundraising goal! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Your donation will help Special Olympics New York continue to provide year-round sports training, athletic competition and healthy living programs. Giving every athlete to experience physical fitness, learn to be courageous, experience joy and meet new friends with Special Olympics New York athletes. Thank you for considering a donation to this fundraiser! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We will continue to update our progress to reaching our fundraising goal and we appreciate the support! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Be on the lookout for our School Resource Officers, Officer Borchert and Officer Stevens on February 10th participating in this event! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you wish to donate or register yourself to join our team and participate (Batavia Blue Devils), you can click this link. <a href=\"http:\/\/events.nyso.org\/goto\/BataviaPoliceDepartment\">http:\/\/events.nyso.org\/goto\/BataviaPoliceDepartment<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thank you for your support!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sourced via CRIMEWATCH<small>\u00ae<\/small>:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/crimewatch.net\/us\/ny\/genesee\/batavia-pd\/138661\/post\/help-us-support-special-olympics-new-york\">https:\/\/crimewatch.net\/us\/ny\/genesee\/batavia-pd\/138661\/post\/help-us-support-special-olympics-new-york<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Press Release The City of Batavia Police Department\u00a0has\u00a0accepted the challenge to support Special Olympics New York by participating in the Polar Plunge located at John Kennedy Intermediate on February 10th, and have set a goal to raise at least $1,000! Children and adults with intellectual differences that participate in Special \u2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"continue-reading-button\"> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2023\/01\/23\/batavia-city-pd-to-participate-in-the-polar-plunge-at-john-kennedy-school-looking-to-raise-1000\/\">Continue reading<i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":39375,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[8],"tags":[1941,3477,3476],"class_list":["post-39374","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-batavia","tag-batavia-police-department","tag-john-kennedy-school","tag-polar-plunge"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8eTP4-af4","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":50745,"url":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2024\/02\/16\/batavia-city-school-district-4th-annual-polar-plunge-raises-funds-for-special-olympics\/","url_meta":{"origin":39374,"position":0},"title":"BATAVIA\/City School District 4th Annual Polar Plunge raises funds for Special Olympics","author":"aka","date":"February 16, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Qkb8K9w1whc Video of Polar Plunge February 16, 2024 Over 150 people helped raise money for Special Olympics of WNY during the 4th Annual Polar Plunge at John Kennedy Intermediate School late Friday afternoon. Employees from the Batavia City School District, New York State Troopers, Batavia Police Department, the City of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Batavia&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Batavia","link":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/category\/gennesse-county\/batavia\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/snapshot_002-4.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/snapshot_002-4.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/snapshot_002-4.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/snapshot_002-4.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/snapshot_002-4.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":64929,"url":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2025\/05\/29\/batavia-first-special-olympics-event-held-at-van-detta-stadium-on-thursday\/","url_meta":{"origin":39374,"position":1},"title":"BATAVIA\/First Special Olympics event held at Van Detta Stadium on Thursday","author":"aka","date":"May 29, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"The Batavia City School District participate in this year\u2019s Special Olympics, hosted in partnership with the New York State School for the Blind (NYSSB). 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