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Cabarrus Meals on Wheels began hosting the you would like to flock someone or a business to help
Ducktona Dash at Frank Liske Park seven years ago bring awareness, the donation is $35 for a 24 hour
when they realized the need to reach a part of the period. We will make sure the ducks land on time and
community that had not been engaged in the past: fly off without leaving a mess. We greatly appreciate
children and families. The Ducktona Dash Festival is your support!
a great family fun event with a rubber duck race as Founded in 1974, Cabarrus Meals on Wheels has
part of the family-oriented festival. grown tremendously over the years to include all of
Each year the festival grows in numbers, both in Cabarrus County. Today, we deliver to 30 routes in
vendors and community attendees. This year’s Cabarrus County, serving Concord, Kannapolis, Har-
festival is going be a spectacular event with new risburg, Midland, and Mt. Pleasant. Four hundred el-
artists, new crafts and vendors, along with some old derly, homebound neighbors depend on us to deliver
favorites. Come to Frank Liske Park, Concord, NC for their nutritious, noontime meal. We provide weekend
this year’s festival on Saturday, June 3rd 10am-2pm meals to over 180 clients, birthday cakes, pet food,
to experience all that we have to offer. If you are an and holiday treats. For some, we are the only people
avid runner/walker, Cabarrus County Active Living they come in contact with for weeks at a time, which
and Parks Department holds a 5K/10K road race be- gives family at a distance a peace of mind that
ginning at 9 am in the same place that our Ducktona someone is checking in on their loved one. Cabarrus
festival begins. As the 5K race finishes, the Ducktona Meals on Wheels is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization
Dash Festival begins. There will be food and shopping that runs off of the support of the LOCAL economy.
galore! The variety of vendors and merchandise If you would like to deliver meals, we invite you to
expands each year with more unique items. From come visit our facility and ride along with a volunteer
intricate wood carved creations, unique handmade to see what a difference you can make in your com-
jewelry, clothing, and baskets, other handmade items munity. Meals are delivered Monday through Friday
from the home, dog houses, intricate knit and crochet starting at 10:30am. Please call 704-932-3412 if you
items, face painting and bounce house for kids, to would like to volunteer.
participating in the Duck Race, etc. – there will be
something for everyone to enjoy. Hunger among our senior neighbors is a serious
issue. One out of seven seniors go hungry each day,
The Duck Race will commence at 12pm with over with that number almost doubling in the next decade!
4,000 ducks racing to the finish to “End Senior Our seniors have less than half of the resources other
Hunger” in Cabarrus County. Prizes will be awarded groups have and little or no transportation. We need
to the Top 40 race finishers. 1st Place wins $750, to address the issue now!
2nd Place = $500, 3rd Place = $250, 4th thru 40th
Place will win one of a variety of prizes such as: golf If you are interested in sponsoring the event, partici-
packages, hotel stays, sports tickets, jewelry, shop- pating as a vendor, adopting a duck(s), or flocking
ping or restaurant gift cards, NFL memorabilia, and someone, please contact Cabarrus Meals on Wheels,
other fantastic prizes!! Bonnie Jones at 704-932-3412, www.ducktonadash.
com or www.cabarrusmow.org.
Beginning in March, the ducks will be migrating! If