Signature community fundraisers for Rotary, Kiwanis, Lions, and service clubs.
Everything your nonprofit needs to plan, promote, and run a rubber-duck race fundraiser, from setting a goal to the final splash on race day.
A rundown of the Derby Duck fundraising events taking place in August, from the Chicago Ducky Derby to the Gwinnett Duck Derby and several races in between.
How to rally local businesses, schools, families, and media behind your duck race fundraiser so the whole community feels ownership of the event.
The 3rd Annual Incredible Duck Race by the Kiwanis Club of Tampa sends 15,000 rubber ducks down the Hillsborough River to benefit local children's programs.
The 2017 duck race season closes with 23,000 ducks racing in Glendale, CA and Jasper, GA for the Kiwanis Incredible Duck Splash and Great 515 Duck Derby.
The Rotary Club of South Gwinnett County races 5,000 ducks down a water park slide on September 9, 2017, with a $2,500 grand prize benefiting Gwinnett kids.
Over 40,000 ducks race on August 19, 2017 across three nonprofit events in Texas, Nebraska, and Idaho, with car and cash grand prizes up for grabs.
Cedar Rapids Daybreak Rotary hosts a 15,000-duck race on June 17 supporting local youth organizations, with a $10,000 grand prize.
Rotary, Kiwanis, Lions, Sertoma, and other service clubs use duck races as a signature community fundraiser that members can rally sponsors and teams around. Supporters adopt ducks online, local businesses sponsor the event, and the club hosts a public race that becomes a yearly tradition. Derby Duck Races handles the race website, the ducks, the marketing, and the logistics, while your club owns the local relationships that make race day feel like your town’s event. The guides above cover sponsorship, volunteers, and growing a club duck race year over year.
