Duck Race 2010 is here!
The Peak to Peak Rotary Club would like to thank everyone, especially our sponsoring casinos and volunteers for making the 2010 Duck Race a success! We raised funds for area scholarship and raised a whole lot of fun for our community. Thanks so Much!!
DUCK RACE 2010!
Our annual Duck Race is back this year with a splash! With a band and some duck suits, we are set for a grand time at the Golden Mardi Gras Casino Patio on July 24th! Please Join Us! From 1-3 pm for music, food, good family and friend time all in support of community service!
Saturday July 24th, 1-3 pm at the Golden Mardi Gras Casino!
Don’t “duck” the fun. Be there!
Here’s a map to the Mardi Gras – just across the corner from the Lodge.
Buy a duck – have some luck!
$1,000 Grand Prize! First prize – season pass to Eldora! And more!
Single Ducks $5.00
“Quack Pack” (6 ducks) $25.00
“Pintail Flock” (12 ducks) $50.00
“Mallard Flock” (25 ducks) $100
V.I.D. “Very Important Duck” (60 ducks) $250.00
Uncle Quack wants YOU to buy a duck!
(303) 582-1537 or 5364
BASIC INFORMATION ON PEAK TO CREEK DUCK RACE
The Race:
The Peak to Creek Duck Race first floated off in 2004 and is really two races. One is the citizens’ race, where supporters of Rotary and our local youth projects “adopt” a duck for $5.00. The Grand Prize is $1,000, with First Prize traditionally a season ski pass to Eldora Ski Area; a variety of other prizes follow. The Sponsors Race pits the casinos’ duck fleets against each other for a traveling trophy for First Place. The big attraction, however, is always seeing and voting for the Best Dressed Fleet. The casinos dress their ducks in feathers, lace, sequins, paint, glitter, leather, clothing, baubles and bling to win the most votes from the crowd at the race to take home the traveling Best Dressed Fleet trophy.
Rotary International
Rotary International was established in Chicago over a century ago and is the largest service club in the world with over 1.2 million members. The motto of Rotary International is “Service Above Self”. Nearly 9,000 clubs are located on literally every continent, since a club was established on Antarctica a few years ago. One of Rotary International’s most publicized projects has been the total eradication of polio, which is nearly completed. Hundreds of projects to serve poor, rural, third-world countries, inner cities, peace pursuits and ecological conservation are completed every year. The Rotary Student Exchange program is the oldest and largest in the world.
Peak to Peak Rotary
This club includes both Gilpin County and Nederland in its membership. The club has worked on projects in Kenya, Cambodia, Afghanistan, Nepal, Somalia and nearby Golden Gate Canyon State Park, but the proceeds from the duck race are earmarked specifically for local youth projects.
Youth projects of Peak to Peak Rotary
* Five exchange students have come to America. Four attended either the Gilpin or Nederland High School for a school year; these students were from Austria, Russia, France and Brazil. Two students, from Finland & Sweden, were summer exchanges.
* Two $1,000 scholarships are awarded annually, one to a graduating senior from each school.
* Three scholarships are awarded annually for youth leadership camps.
* A $1,000 scholarship is given to a Gilpin County School student to attend a week-long Women’s Wilderness Leadership Camp.
* The club funds an Interact Club, a high school service club, in Gilpin High School.
* The club assists local youth attending People to People programs
* $500 is given annually to each school’s administration for individual student needs.
* Shoes were purchased for the Nederland girls’ track team
* Art awards are annually given to three art students in each school.
* A book a month from birth to age five is sent to over two dozen Gilpin children to encourage literacy.
* Monthly funding is given to the Gilpin & Nederland libraries.
On another note, duck suits are pricey and really hot. Who wants to make homemade? All you need are orange leggings, a big white top and some felt and googly eyes! Who’s with me? Click the pic for instructions, or let me know if we want to make a bunch of the hats to wear – should our ducks be yellow instead? Let Michelle know if you would like a hat, wings or feet and she’ll pick up the stuff for you!
