Penguin Plunge nearly doubles New Year’s Day record at $300K

PARTICIPANTS IN this year's Special Olympics Rhode Island annual Penguin Plunge head toward the water at Scarborough State Beach in Narragansett. /EMILY LARSSON PHOTOGRAPHY VIA SPECIAL OLYMPICS RHODE ISLAND

NARRAGANSETT – The Special Olympics Rhode Island Annual Penguin Plunge marked its 50th year with a record-breaking fundraising success on New Year’s Day of nearly $300,000. Every year, participants gather at Scarborough State Beach in Narragansett for a winter swim to raise money for Special Olympics Rhode Island, with this year seeing more than 1,500

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