Grab your lawn chair, a picnic lunch, and head down to the shores of Swan Lake for our very third annual KenDucky Derby! Look on as hundreds of brightly colored rubber duckies float down the lake fighting to finish first! Try your luck and “adopt” a duck for $10 a ducky or $75 for a Ducky Dozen (13). When you adopt a duck you will receive a numbered ticket matched to your duck. On race day, we will release the numbered rubber duckies into our race site on . Cheer on your adopted duck as he races to cross the finish line! Prizes include gift certificates to favorite local businesses. Rubber duckies will be dropped into the lake at precisely 12:00 p.m. Be sure to come out and have a quackin' good time! To adopt your very own rubber duckie you can pre-register at our general meeting on July 14, 2011 or August 11, 2011 or catch us at one of our community events! Visit www.swanlakepark.shutterfly.com/events to pin us down!
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WHAT IS A RUBBER DUCK RACE? Hundreds of brightly colored yellow ducks floating down a local waterway as people cheer their adopted ducks and hope they "swim" for prizes.
WHO IS CONDUCTING THE RACE? Swan Lake Park Civic Association — a not-for-profit group who work to better the community.
WHY ARE WE HOLDING IT? To help raise funds to maintain the community house and the community house grounds.
HOW DOES IT WORK? People donate $10 to "adopt" a duck. They receive numbered tickets matched to their ducks. On race day, we release the numbered rubber ducks into our race site Swan Lake, and the first duck to cross the downstream finish line wins the grand prize for the person who adopted it. Prizes include fabulous items from local merchants.
WHY RUBBER DUCKS? The rubber bathtub toys provide a colorful and fun focus for the event. Rubber duck races have raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for charities around the world.
WHAT HAPPENS TO THE DUCKS? Race volunteers collect the ducks after the race and save them to use again next year.
WHEN IS THE RACE BEING HELD? Saturday, August 13, 2011 - Ducky Registration 9 AM - Race Time 12 PM.
WHERE WILL THE RACE BE HELD? The ducks will race down Swan Lake in East Patchogue
HOW CAN I ADOPT A DUCK, SPONSOR THE RACE, OR GET MORE INFORMATION? Come to a general meeting or catch us at one of our events. Check out www.swanlakepark.shutterfly.com for more info.
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Join us
SATURDAY
8/13/11
9:00 AM Adoption Center Opens
12:00 PM Race Start
86 Lake Drive
East Patchogue