This year’s Penguin Run was a slushy social event where people intentionally immersed themselves in a blizzard. Hundreds of people came together in 20-degree weather at Williston Central School for a Vermont Special Olympics fundraising event. “I will tell you, it’s been a really weird year in high schools. It’s been quiet, the energy has been off. Today… was the most fun day of the year,” said Champlain Valley Union High School Principle, Adam Bunting. Bunting also participated in the run. “We wanted the group to be together,” said CVU Match Teacher Peter Booth. “Kids have not really had a chance to be together in a safe way. Other than in the classroom. They’ll just go classroom to classroom with no social time.” Booth is also a parent of a child who has disabilities, which is how he knows first-hand what keeping the event going in nontraditional times meant for students. Traditionally, the event is a water plunge at Lake Champlain, but, because of the p