/PRNewswire/ -- Special Olympics Georgia (SOGA) is holding its annual fundraiser where rubber ducks are adopted for $5 each and raced for prizes to help the nonprofit provide year-round sports training and competition to children and adults with intellectual disabilities.
The 2010 Duck Derby will feature thousands of yellow rubber ducks racing in the Little Hooch at Six Flags White Water Park in Marietta June 25. Last year, the event raised $55,169.
With a $5 donation, one racing duck will be adopted in someone's name and entered in the race. Chances to win are increased with a $25 donation, in which the donor receives five duck adoptions and an adorable souvenir duck.
The adoptee of the first duck to cross the finish line wins a three-night stay at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino and two airline tickets. Second place prize is one free year of Comcast's HD Preferred Plus XF Triple Play package donated by Allconnect and Comcast. Third place prize is a $250 Kauffman Tire gift card. Fourth place prize is a Nikon Cool Pix Digital Camera from Showtime Photo and Video and fifth place prize is a Verizon Wireless env3 phone by LG.
If the winning duck has one of the preselected numbers, the adoptee might win a Lake Arrowhead home valued at $225,000, two Honda Accords from Milton Martin Honda or a home theater system valued at $50,000, courtesy of EMC Security.
The park opens at 10 a.m. and the race starts at 2 p.m. Visit www.atlantaduckderby.com today to adopt your duck online.
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Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Little Rubber Ducks will be Raced for Prizes Saturday, May 24 to Benefit Special Olympics Georgia
Thousands of yellow rubber adopted ducks will be dumped into the Little Hooch at Six Flags White Water Park in Marietta Saturday, May 24 and raced for prizes at the third annual Duck Derby.
If your duck wins, you’ll receive a great prize. Prizes include a 47 inch flat screen TV and two roundtrip airline tickets, giftcards and an AT&T Blackberry Curve.
Money raised from the event will benefit the athletes of Special Olympics Georgia.
Duck adoptions are available for $5 each, or you can buy a “Quack Pack” with five duck adoptions, a Jr. souvenir duck, coupons from some Special Olympics sponsors for $25. When you adopt a duck, a number will be assigned to you and your duck or ducks.
The park opens at 10 a.m. and the race starts at 2 p.m. Visit atlantaduckderby.com to adopt your duck online.
If your duck wins, you’ll receive a great prize. Prizes include a 47 inch flat screen TV and two roundtrip airline tickets, giftcards and an AT&T Blackberry Curve.
Money raised from the event will benefit the athletes of Special Olympics Georgia.
Duck adoptions are available for $5 each, or you can buy a “Quack Pack” with five duck adoptions, a Jr. souvenir duck, coupons from some Special Olympics sponsors for $25. When you adopt a duck, a number will be assigned to you and your duck or ducks.
The park opens at 10 a.m. and the race starts at 2 p.m. Visit atlantaduckderby.com to adopt your duck online.
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