netWORK at All Out Adventure's Plunge for Adventure: April Fool's Edition
What better way to help break down barriers to participation in outdoor recreation than joining All Out Adventures and the GNCC for a freezing cold dip in Upper Highland Lake at the DAR State Forest on April Fool's Day? The GNCC is recruiting volunteers to help with set up and other details before, during, and after The Plunge!
Volunteer for one of two shifts: 8:30am-11am, or 10:30am-2pm. (Want to volunteer for both? That works too!)
Date, Time, Location:
8:30am: 1st shift Volunteers and the GNCC arrive to set up for the event
10am: Plungers begin arriving to enjoy coffee from the Northampton Kiwanis Club.
10:30am: 2nd shift Volunteers arrive
11am: Plunging Begins; volunteers help with handing out blankets and sleeping bags
Post-Plunge – 1pm: Plungers change into something warm and dry, and enjoy soup and warm beverages from the Northampton Kiwanis Club.
Post-Plunge Awards Ceremony. Awards will be given for Best Costume, Most Creative Plunging Style, and Crowd Favorite!
1pm-2pm: Volunteers help with clean up effort
Age requirements:
16+ to participate fully (with the option to go off the dock or from a waterslide)
12+ to go in from the beach with a responsible adult (18+) on site
About All Out Adventures: This will be the second annual Plunge for Adventure, a fundraising event to support the availability of outdoor recreation programming for people who have disabilities, seniors, and veterans throughout our area. We currently run about 180 outdoor recreation programs in all seasons for over 2,000 program participants of all ages and abilities each year. We have 3 significant goals with the plunge:
2)Support our next step: Developing an equipment lending program so that individuals of all abilities can access our adaptive equipment, ranging from handcycles and recumbent trikes to hiking wheelchairs, to access the incredible outdoor recreation resources of Western MA on their own or with their family and loved ones outside of our programs.
3)Bring people together for a fun, community-building day at one of our beloved program locations.
Volunteers will support the event in a variety of ways, from set-up and clean-up, to assisting plunge participants during the event. We will have jobs for all physical abilities - plenty of heavy object moving for set-up and clean-up! as well as administrative table-based support like sign-in and collecting waivers.
Upper Highland Lake at the DAR State Forest
78 Cape St, Goshen MA
8:30am - 2:00pm
