Duck Tagging Wednesday Night for 28th Annual Duck Race
The 28th Annual Duck Race to benefit The Center
for Prevention of Abuse is almost here, but there is still work to be done to
get thousands of racers ready for next Saturday’s competition.
Volunteers will be tagging all of the ducks with individual
numbers Wednesday night from 5:30-8:30pm at Eastside Centre in East Peoria.
Each duck’s number will correlate with someone’s name who adopted it for the
race. After each duck is tagged, they will all be placed into the back of a
City of East Peoria dump truck. On race day, the ducks will be cast off
the back of the dump truck onto a giant slip-n-slide to race down the hill
leading to Eastside Centre.
The 28th annual Duck Race is Saturday, August 27.
Activities begin at noon and the duck race kicks off at 2pm. Thanks to our
generous sponsors, all of the money raised from the sale of the rubber ducks
goes directly to fund local services and programs at The Center for Prevention
of Abuse. These dollars help fulfill The Center’s mission to help women, men
and children live free from violence and abuse.
The winner of this year’s Duck Race will walk away with
$5,000. There are many other great prizes to be awarded. Ducks can be purchased
by visiting our website www.duckracepeoria.com.
They will be on sale through Saturday morning or until all 25,000 ducks are
sold.
WHAT: Duck tagging for the 28th Annual Duck
Race
WHERE: Eastside Centre in East Peoria on the basketball
courts
WHEN: Wednesday, August 24 from 5:30-8:30pm
WHO: Representatives from The Center for Prevention of
Abuse will be available for interviews
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