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Wednesday, August 21, 2013
Vol. 18 No. 37
Voyager Media Publications • www.shorewoodsentinel.com
Duck, duck, duck, loot Rotary Club of Shorewood’s fundraiser will have you quacking up By Clare Briner For the Sentinel
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Thousands of ducks go for a plunge in the DuPage River at the start of last year’s Ducks 4 Bucks Shorewood Rotary fundraiser. wlast year’s Ducks 4 Bucks Shorewood Rotary fundraiser.
A flock of 5,000 ducks will take a plunge into the DuPage River on Aug. 24. These ducks—the small, yellow, rubber kind—will race through the water as part of the Rotary Club of Shorewood’s annual Ducks 4 Bucks fundraiser. After a 15-minute trip downstream, the lucky ducks that reach the collection point first will win cash or other prizes, up to a potential $50,000 “mega prize.” “The duck race is just a fancy way of drawing raffle tickets,” said Dave Weber, a club member and one of the originators of the event. “About a year after we chartered the club, we asked ourselves, ‘How do we raise money?’” Every organization has a golf outing, he said, so they wanted something different. Having familiarity with other duck events, the club thought it would be something it could handle while also bringing attention to the group. “It gives kids and the community something unique to see,” Weber said. “Five thousand is a lot of ducks. When they pour out, it’s very cool.” Now in its ninth year, the fundraiser, See DUCKS, page 23