Rubber Duck Race 2006

Posted by Michael Griffin 
 

With high water and a strong current on the Raquette River, 792 yellow rubber ducks accompanied by their Rotary Club and community duck wranglers in canoes and kayaks provided an exciting race on Saturday, July 8, near Ives Park during the Potsdam Summer Festival.

 

The Rotary Club of Potsdam congratulates the 12 winners of the 2006 Rubber Duck Race.

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First place duck #635 won Gloria Marceau $500 donated by Dr. and Mrs. Michael Maresca. Second place duck #312 won Aaron Mosier $250 donated by Harris Medical & All About You. Third place duck #648 won Pendra King $150 donated by Parkway Motors.

 

Fourth place duck #35 won Justin Perry $100 donated by SeaComm FCU. Fifth place duck #789 won Ellen Hayes $100 donated by North Country Savings Bank. Sixth place duck #604 won Colleen Turcotte $50 donated by HSBC Potsdam.

 

Seventh place duck #102 won Kim DiGiovanna $50 sponsored by Barstow Motors. Eighth place duck #712 won Susan Smith $50 donated by Pinto, Mucenski, Watson. Ninth place duck #489 won Gordon Hutchins a $50 savings bond donated by NBT Potsdam.

 

Tenth place duck #489 won Marianne Herbert a $25 Potsdam Gift Certificate sponsored by Community Bank. Eleventh place duck #289 also won Charles Hayes a $25 Potsdam Gift Certificate donated by Rose and Kiernan.

 

The last place duck #408 won Andre Belomba a Rubber Duck T-shirt and duck sponsor ticket for the 2007 Duck Race donated by the Potsdam Rotary Club. 

 

The Potsdam Rotary Club thanks this year's sponsors for their generous duck race prize donations: Dr. and Mrs. Michael Maresca, Harris Medical & All About You, Parkway Motors, SeaComm Federal Credit Union, North Country Savings Bank, Potsdam HSBC, Barstow Motors, Pinto, Mucenski & Watson, Potsdam NBT Bank, Community National Bank, and Rose & Kiernan. They also thank the Clarkson University Outing Club for their continued support and loan of duck race equipment and SUNY Potsdam Print Shop for printing the duck tickets.

 

The club sends a special thank you to all who sponsored a racing duck, purchased a duck novelty or rubber duck t-shirt. Your generosity will be reflected in a child's smile and laughter at the annual Rotary Camp at Dodge Pond.

 

St. Lawrence Country Rotary Clubs in Massena, Ogdensburg, Canton, and Potsdam work cooperatively to raise funds to send special needs area youth to NYSARC's Dodge Pond camp for week in August at no cost to their family. Funds raised by the Potsdam Rotary Rubber Duck Race go primarily to support this worthy cause. Additional proceeds are used to support other worthy community projects and causes supported by Potsdam Rotary.