Auction Sets the Stage for February’s Polar Bear Jump
By SARAH ROBERTSMILFORD
The doors open at 12:30 p.m. this Saturday, January 25, for the annual auction preceding February’s Goodyear Lake Polar Bear Jump. The auction will take place at Milford Central School, 42 West Main Street, Milford, and will feature a variety of goods and services. All proceeds will be put toward the cost of food, t-shirts and paperwork for the jump next month.
The Goodyear Lake Polar Bear Jump is an annual fundraising event organized by Brenda and Jamie Waters to help local children and adults in need, “one jump in Goodyear Lake at a time.” In the 27 years that the event has taken place, more than 250 recipients have been helped by jumpers. This year’s recipients are: Emily Bennett, Sadie Dutcher, Matthew Elthorp, Alexander Hodge Jr., Adlee Kellerhouse, Cordelia Mae Morgan, Rostlyn Parslow, and Claire Smith, as well as Hopeful Hearts, the Milford Fire Department and Milford EMT.
Jumpers who raise over $100.00 receive a t-shirt and food after the jump, which is followed by an awards banquet at the Oneonta Elks Club. The auction ahead of time offsets the cost of these awards and allows for 100 percent of the money raised by the jumpers to go toward the pool of money to be split between the recipients.
