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22nd Annual Rotary
Ducky Derby and Festival headed your way June 9th
Rotarians around Castle Rock are gearing up for the free 22nd Annual Ducky Derby and Street Festival June 9 where there will be an
art show and sale hosted by local arts guilds.
The Rotary clubs of Castle Rock and Castle Pines host the Ducky Derby, the
largest fundraiser of the year for the clubs. Funds are distributed to the Douglas/
Elbert Task Force, Castle Rock Senior Center, The Family Women’s Crisis Center and Wellspring Community, among others. Rotary also funds student scholarships, youth leadership training and Boy Scouts of America projects.
The event runs from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. and will be at the newly redesigned Festival Park at Second and Wilcox streets. There will be a variety of entertainment for children including a Ducky coloring contest, face painting, a bouncy castle and more. For adults there will be music, food and drink, a silent auction and a variety of vendors.
This year the Rotarians are working with local arts guilds to promote a weekend of free downtown activities. Sat- urday the Ducky Derby will be joined by an arts show and sale just one block north on Wilcox Street in front of the county administration building. The Court the Arts event is also free and runs from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on both June 9 and 10. The show is being put on by the arts guilds of Castle Rock and Park and features local artists.
To enter the Ducky Derby, people must buy numbered tickets. Each ducky has a number a xed to its bottom. The Derby will begin at about 3 p.m. with numbered Duckies being launched into East Plum Creek just below the I-25 bridge. The ducks will be taken out at a nish line down stream and their numbers posted on the festival ground. People with numbered tickets have a chance to win cash and prizes.
The two highest nishers will have a chance at win- ning $1 million or a new car. If those prizes are not won, the rst three ticket holders will win cash, the rst prize being $2,000 and second and third prizes $750 and $250 respectively. Additional prizes donated by local merchants will be awarded to people whose ticket numbers match Duckies with nishing positions up to about 50 places.
Debbie Davis and The Ducky
ROTARY DUCKY DERBY
SATURDAY, JUNE 9
11 AM TO 5 PM – DOWNTOWN CASTLE ROCK FESTIVAL PARK, 2ND & WILCOX
“Family Fun for Everyone”
Cash Prizes $2,000 – 1st place $ 750 – 2nd place $250 – 3rd place
Women’s Crisis Center - Wellspring Douglas Elbert Task Force Horsepower - Senior Center
Charities Supported
CHANCE TO WIN $1,000,000 OR NEW CAR
More info at: www.crduckyderby.org
All winners will be noti ed by phone in the days follow- ing the event. People do not have to be present to win.
Tickets for the Ducky Derby are available on week- ends at King Soopers grocery stores in the Castle Rock area between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., at Mama Lisa’s in Castle Pines North, from any Rotarian and prior to the race at the Festival. Tickets cost $5 a piece or ve tickets for $20.
Tickets also may be acquired on-line at
www.crduckyderby.org
where detailed Ducky Derby information is available.
9 Castle Rock “AreaNewsletters • May 2018