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The 43rd annual Great American Duck Race is set to kickoff Thursday, Aug. 25 for a weekend of games, vendors, food and some old fashioned duck racing.
A rubber duck race is a type of festival where thousands of rubber ducks race on a river, usually within the city. They are often fundraising events where the ducks are given numbers associated with participants so that ducks that perform well win a prize for the associated participant.
Rubber duck races, also known as derby duck races, have been used as a method of fundraising for organizations worldwide. People donate money to the organization by sponsoring a duck. At the end of the fundraising drive, all of the ducks are dumped into a waterway, with the first to float past the finish line winning a prize for its sponsor.
A flying duck race [1] (Indonesian: Pacu Itiak) is a tradition in Payakumbuh, West Sumatra [2] where ducks fly towards a specified finish line. [2] Young female ducks (4–6 months old) that cannot fully fly are used, and ducks are numbered on their bills. Races cover distances ranging from 600 to 2,000 metres (2,000 to 6,600 ft). [2]
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The Annual Rennie's River Duck Race is a popular fundraising event for the Quidi Vidi / Rennie's River Development Foundation that helps to support their environmental initiatives. An annual tradition since 1988, the event attracts large crowds to the banks of Rennie's River, to watch up to 2,500 "sponsored" yellow rubber ducks make their way ...
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Ned Flanders wins a rubber duck racing contest and is awarded a computer, although he gives it to Marge because he does not have any use for it. Marge babysits Rod and Todd while Ned attends a left-handed convention to repay the favor. She finds that all the games they play are boring and overly safe, such as a "sitting still contest," and ...