The Duck Race

Our major fundraiser of the year is the Duck Race on the Eno River! On the first Saturday of June, thousands of yellow rubber ducks race down the Eno River. The fastest ones will win prizes for those who have adopted them. this year's grand prize is a 7-night stay at the Verandah Resort and Spa in Antigua. You can adopt a duck $10. The raised money goes to Rotary service projects, both locally and internationally, and scholarships. A list of all the beneficiaries can be found here! 

The profits of the Duck Race have enabled the club to underwrite literally dozens of projects and benevolences.  A few examples: international travel and study grants for local teachers and students, water projects in Mexico, Cambodia, and Bolivia, support for the eradication of Polio worldwide, microlending in Latin America, medical supplies for Madagascar, a Braille printer for a school for the blind in Nepal, support for the local YMCA, PORCH, and the IFC Food Pantry; a partnership with UNC-World View, dinners cooked for the residents of the Ronald McDonald House and for the local women’s shelter, underwriting holiday dinners at the Durham Rescue Mission, NC Boys and Girls Home, Habitat for Humanity…just to name a very few.

Interested in adopting a duck? Contact us through our contact form on the homepage and we will get in touch with you! Leave no Duck Behind!