“Adopt some ducks, win $5,000 bucks,” is the theme of the annual Child Advocacy Center Duck Derby and Family Fun Day June 11 on the Stones River.
The river will run yellow when 10,000 adopted ducks race to help prevent child abuse and help children who have been abused. The sponsor of the first duck to glide across the finish line will win the $5,000 grand prize presented by Middle Tennessee Electric Customers Care Inc.
The next 14 ducks can win a variety of vacation packages and gift certificates to local businesses, like a weekend trip to Gatilburg or a $500 gift card to Demos’ Restaurant.
Ducks may be adopted for $5 apiece, $25 for a six-quack, $50 for a Quacker’s Dozen of 12 or $100 for a Flock of Ducks with 25 adoptions, said Queen of the Quakers Kristin Demos.
Ducks may be adopted at Demos’ restaurant, US Bank, FirstBank, Top of the Block, Bell Jewelers, Reeves-Sain, Mills Family Pharmacy, The Daily News Journal, Murfreesboro Post and the Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office.
Ducks may also be purchased online at duckrace.com/murfreesboro.
People who adopt ducks will receive a postcard in the mail. The first 1,000 children to bring the postcard to the Duck Derby will receive a souvenir rubber duck.
Proceeds from the Duck Derby will benefit the Child Advocacy Centers in Rutherford and Cannon Counties.
The centers serves victims of child abuse, child sexual abuse, and drug endangered children, along with their non-offending family members.
Funds will be used to provide these critically needed services to child victims and their families. During the past 10 years, the team investigated and prosecuted more than 6,000 cases in Rutherford and Cannon Counties.
Events will kick off at noon with the Family Fun Festival where families can enjoy food, entertainment, children’s games and activities outside the Sportsman’s Club at 1231 Medical Center Parkway.
Auctioneers will sell large rubber ducks autographed by celebrities at 4:30 p.m. Ducks will hit the water for the derby at 5:23 p.m.
For more information, contact Executive Director Sharon DeBoer of the Child Advocacy Center at 867-9000. |
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