Sophia Samoleski, left; dressed in a polar bear blanket, huddles with her cousin, Sophia Tessitore; and Madison Moore wait to cheer on the plungers during the first annual St. Joseph's Regional Academy Polar Plunge on Saturday, Jan. 25, at Mauch Chunk Lake. Samoleski and Moore are students at St. Joseph's Regional Academy; while Tessitore goes to Panther Valley Elementary.