Duck Tagging and Sandbagging Wednesday Night for Duck Race
The 27th Annual Duck Race to benefit The Center
for Prevention of Abuse is almost here, but there is still work to be done to
get the little racers ready for competition.
Volunteers will be tagging all of the ducks with individual
numbers this Wednesday night from 6-8pm at Eastside Centre in East Peoria. Each
duck’s number will correlate with someone’s name who bought it for the race.
After each duck is tagged, they will all be placed into the back of a Caterpillar
dump truck. On race day, the ducks will be dumped onto a giant
slip-n-slide and they will race down the street leading to Eastside Centre.
During the duck tagging event, other volunteers will be
filling sandbags for the slip-n-slide. 500 sandbags are needed to hold the race
track in place on race day. The bags will be filled and placed on pallets for
use.
The 27th annual Duck Race is this Saturday,
August 29. Activities begin at noon and the duck race kicks off at 2pm. Thanks
to our sponsors, all of the money raised from the sale of the rubber ducks goes
directly to fund services and programs at The Center for Prevention of Abuse.
The 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 also 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 30,000 ducks are
sold.
WHAT: Duck tagging and sandbagging for the 27th
Annual Duck Race
WHERE: Eastside Centre in East Peoria on the basketball
courts
WHEN: Wednesday, August 26 from 6-8pm
WHO: Representatives from The Center for Prevention of
Abuse will be available for interviews
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