{"id":67119,"date":"2023-12-29T10:05:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-29T18:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/home2\/new-years-day-polar-bear-plunge-in-renton-moved-to-henry-moses-aquatic-center\/"},"modified":"2023-12-29T10:05:00","modified_gmt":"2023-12-29T18:05:00","slug":"new-years-day-polar-bear-plunge-in-renton-moved-to-henry-moses-aquatic-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/northwest\/new-years-day-polar-bear-plunge-in-renton-moved-to-henry-moses-aquatic-center\/","title":{"rendered":"New Year’s Day Polar Bear Plunge in Renton moved to Henry Moses Aquatic Center"},"content":{"rendered":"

When it comes to taking an icy winter dip, safety is the number one priority.<\/p>\n

After a potentially toxic algae bloom in Lake Washington, the Renton Polar Bear Plunge will now take place at Henry Moses Aquatic Center at 10 a.m. Monday, Jan. 1.<\/p>\n

Register to be an honorary Polar Bear online at rentonwa.gov\/register<\/a>, with the keyword “Plunge.” Registration is free, but space is limited. Don’t forget to bring a towel and dry clothes.<\/p>\n

According to the city website, U.S. Coast Guard-approved flotation devices are permitted for those with limited water or swimming experience.<\/p>\n

The City of Renton made the location change announcement Thursday, Dec. 28 across social media platforms. <\/p>\n

The Henry Moses Aquatic Center is at 1719 Maple Valley Highway in Renton.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Register online for your free jump in the chilly city pool, at 10 a.m. Jan. 1 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":450,"featured_media":67120,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,24],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67119"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/450"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67119"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67119\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67120"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67119"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=67119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}