Every Labour Day, my hometown drops plastic ducks into the river and races them one kilometre, with the fastest duck awarding its winner $20,000. The coolest part? This year the winner was a five-year-old girl! Bet she had a great first day of Kindergarten!
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hahaha…you had me worried for a second with all those clumped together ducks!! lol… $20,000.00 would certainly start kindergarten off on the right foot!
lol! The very first year, there were all kinds of snags but one was that people were calling in thinking that the organizers would be using real ducks! Can you imagine?
Wow – this sounds like such a fun event!! And… what a lucky 5 year old girl!!!! I couldn’t imagine being that young and winning that prize. Hehe.
I’ve had a ticket every year since the event began 25 years ago and I totally agree; if I’d won back then I would have been on the moon!
A lot of non-profits do this for charity. Great idea and so much fun for the whole family. I linked up, http://www.journeysofthezoo.com/2012/09/ww-picasso-as-a-toddler.html. Thanks!
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Isn’t it funny; I’ve recently heard of so many towns doing it and I remember as a child being sure we were the only ones!
Toooooo Cool! I wish that we still did that here in my city!!
Aww, did your city stop? I honestly can’t imagine my hometown without the Duck Derby on Labour Day!
Omg that is such a fun idea! I bet that girl didn’t get any sleep after that! So Exciting!
Can you imagine being her parents? I’ll bet her whole family had a hard time sleeping! LOL
WOW! Straight into the education fund. By the time she’s in university.. she’ll have… 20K (if she’s lucky) …
joking!
This is a great idea, I bet it gets lots of people out and about.
It really does; it’s a great community-builder! And that’s so funny; one of the other prizes was a $2000 gas card and I was telling my son if he won he could save it until he got his licence. “Yeah,” my stepfather said, “he may even be able to get a full tank of gas with it by then!” Sad but true! LOL
whoa! $20,000?? Now that’s a sweet prize! we have the same race in our town over May2-4 I think
Fun! Ours is always Labour Day but I think it’s so cool how so many other towns do it at different times during the year. It’s such a blast!
I hope the family can put that money away for her education. I love this – just good, old fashioned fun!
Well said, Pam! It totally is and I love it for that. There’s always live bands, kids’ games, bouncers, a parade; just fun all round!
Wow, what a great win for anyone but especially fun for a 5 year old.
Too true, Sheri! I wouldn’t have sneezed at it for sure, but I think it would be SO cool for a child! At that age, it would be the equivalent of becoming a millionaire overnight! lol
I had to look for a minute to realise it was a huge box of rubber ducks dumping
What an amazing day that must have been for that little girl!
Yes, I was a little far away for this so the ducks aren’t as clear as they could be!
They sure do look neat falling into the river in a rainbow bunch though!
that’s so fun
It really is! One of the highlights of my year!
So awesome that a little girl won! Love it
Isn’t that neat? I remember one year a 10-year-old won a riding lawnmower, but that’s the only other kid win I remember and it wouldn’t have been nearly as exciting as this!
I’ve never heard of anything like that before! What fun. Thanks for the linky!
For years I thought nobody had, but it turns out a lot of towns do it; we’re not original after all! LOL It sure is fun!
This is awesome.
We have one of these events in our town too. We’ve never been, but maybe we should go this year – I bet it’s lots of fun!
Oh wow, I couldn’t imagine folks in our town not going; that’s one of the things about a small town. It’s just expected that you attend the Duck Derby! lol
What a cool tradition… and I know my daughter is 8 and she would be over the moon with winning!
Oh, I would have been too! It would have been like a dream at that age!
Our hometown does that as well on Canada Day! Actually not sure what the prize is in our case but $20,000 is quite the windfall. Awesome that a 5-year-old won in your town this year!
That would be a fun Canada Day! It is a great prize and a yearly blast for the whole family!
SO COOL! That’s a whole lotta ducks! We have this too on the Island. Great community event and a great way to raise funds!
Too true, Christine! I can’t believe how many towns do this but it really is a great fundraiser. Ours funds the public skating rink to keep registration costs down and it’s not just worthwhile, it’s a total blast!
An organization in our city used to do this as a fundraiser too!
Isn’t it fun? What could be more enjoyable than racing rubber duckies! LOL
One of these days I’m going to make it out for this event! I have always thought it would be pretty fun.
It really is! It’s not just the ducks racing, it’s pancake breakfast in the morning, kids activities, the parade, music…a day of family fun!
That’s a lot of ducks!
Watching them drop into the water is the best.
We do that here too for a food bank fundraiser but the prize isn’t that high, I wish!
I’ve been wishing for 25 years, but I still have yet to win the thing! LOL I love that it’s such a good prize too; gets lots of people involved.
So fun! What a lucky little girl
I know!! Wish I’d been that lucky at five!
Oh my! What?! Lucky ducky!
Indeed!
So cool, the town where my parents live has a duck race, but I have never been to the start to see how they do it. Neat!
How awesome is that win for that little girl. Be a nice chunk down towards college.
Can you imagine? Seriously, I don’t even know how I would have reacted to something like that at five, but her face when she got that big check was pretty awesome; I’ve never seen a bigger smile!
Wayyy cool! Wonder how many toys you can but with that? Seriously, I hope it goes into her college fund. =)
lol! Me too, though hopefully her parents let her take some of it for a kid shopping spree!