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Our big thank you to Monk's on the Commons!  They continue to support the Chill Challenge with awesome prizes.  You can win, with a zany costume, a fantastic team, or fundraising prowess!  

Join us at the Yacht Club on New Year's Day!

Will you DIP or DODGE?  

A huge THANK YOU to our local Ithaca Walmart!   They are making a big contribution that helped us do Match Day this year.   

Match Day is when the event committee doubles contributions up to $100 to either DIP you... or DODGE you.  So if you want to put someone special into the lake, match day can make it happen.  

~~Our community comes together to party on New Year's Day, and Walmart is helping us get there!~~

If you happen to be shopping there, thank an associate for helping the Chill Challenge!

Our thanks to B & W Supply!  They support the Chill Challenge with party supplies, so we can concentrate on the DIPPING and DODGING! 

Will you DIP or DODGE on New Year's Day? 

This year, we will have a mobile sauna at the Chill Challenge!  Dippers, Dodgers, supporters, bystanders.... anyone can take a break from the hectic world in a custom mobile sauna provided by Rob Licht.  

WIll you DIP or DODGE on New Year's Day? 

One of our prizes this year is a fantastic handmade mug from LOLA LOVE pottery, which can be found at markets and pop ups throughout the Ithaca area.  Thank you Lola!! 

Will you DIP or DODGE on New Year's Day? 

The Heights Restaurant continues to support the Chill Challenge through fabulous prizes!  Our top fundraisers, top teams, and costumed participants can look forward to wonderful prizes, thanks to the support of organizations like the Heights Restaurant!!   What could be better than a meal at the Heights Restaurant after a party at the Yacht Club?  

Will you DIP or DODGE on New Year's Day?  

Choice Words is supporting the Chill Challenge!  Their support allows us to fund Match Day, where your contribution to DIP or DODGE is doubled!    They support us, and we support them!  

Will you DIP or DODGE on New Year's Day? 

Our thanks to Red Jacket Orchards for supporting the Chill Challenge!!  Their support helped us fund Match Day, where your DIP or DODGE impact is doubled. 

Will you DIP or DODGE on New Year's Day? 

Thanks to Maxie's Supper Club & Oyster Bar, one of our lucky prize winners will dine in style after DIPPING or DODGING at the Yacht Club on New Year's Day!!   Thank you, Maxie's! 

Will YOU dip or dodge on New Year's Day? 

Our thanks to the Cornell University Office of Community Relations!!   We use sponsor funds on Match Day, to double your DIP or DODGE impact! Thank you Cornell! 

Will you DIP or DODGE on New Year's Day?

Thank you to CSP Management!! CSP Management supported our Match Day, where your contributions are matched by sponsor funding to DIP or DODGE with twice the impact!! 

Will you DIP or DODGE on New Year's Day? 

The support we received from Gryphon Stringed Instruments helps us fund Match Days! On Match Day, your contribution to DIP or DODGE is matched through the generousity of sponsor funding, so you can DIP twice as much and DODGE twice as much.  Fates hang in the balance!!   Thank you to Gryphon Stringed Instruments!

 Will you DIP or DODGE on New Year's Day? 

We are feeling loved and supported this year by the Jack Engel Young Fund at the Community Foundation of Tompkins County, which hosted it's own Match Day and brought in thousands of dollars in matching funds to support the cause.  Thank you to the Jack Engel Young Fund!! 

Thanks to Mercato Bar & Kitchen, one of our lucky prize winners will be eating hearty Italian fare after the party at the Yacht Club.    Thank you to Mercato!!

Will you DIP or DODGE on New Year's Day? 

Thank you to Le Cafe Cent Dix!! One of our lucky prize winners (for costumes, or fundraising, or being part of a fabulous team) will dine in style thanks to your support! 

WIll you DIP or DODGE on New Year's Day? 

Our thanks to Gola Osteria!  They provide fabulous food for one of our lucky prize-winners, and we appreciate their support as we DIP and DODGE at the Yacht Club on New Year's Day!! 

A big THANK YOU to Brookton Market!  They help us give prizes to the top fundraisers, the top teams, and the zaniest costumes!   Our thanks to Brookton Market! 

Will you DIP or DODGE on New Year's Day? 

Thank you to P & C Fresh for supporting us in our party at the Yacht Club on New Year's Day!!  When you shop there, be sure to thank them for their support of the CHILL CHALLENGE!! 

Will you DIP or DODGE on New Year's Day? 

Thank you to Sweet Melissa's Ice Cream!   They help us have sweet prizes for the zany costumes everyone is planning.  Thank you Sweet Melissa's!! 

Will you DIP or DODGE on New Year's Day? 

A big THANK YOU to Warren Real Estate!  Their contribution to the Chill Challenge helps us do Match Day!  We appreciate their help so much! 

Will you DIP or DODGE on New Year's Day?!