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Posted by Rosemary Drisdelle Aug 12, 2007 |
Mark your calendar: Sept 2, 2007 is Duck Day, the day of the Great British Duck Race. On Duck Day, organizers hope to release at least 165,000 rubber ducks on the Thames and raise £500,000 for British charities. At the same time, they hope to break a Guinness World Record: the current record is held by the Singapore Duck Race, whose race included 123,500 ducks in 2001.
The Great British Duck Race is environmentally friendly: all materials will be recyclable and all of the rubber ducks will be retrieved from the Thames.
The ducks will be placed in a holding pen at noon and released an hour and a half later. They will then have to navigate a course on the Thames that is at least a kilometer long. The first duck to cross the finish line wins £10,000 for its adopter; the next twenty-nine to finish also win prizes.
You can adopt a duck online at the Great British Duck Race home page (as far as I can tell, anyone, anywhere, can adopt a duck). Adoption costs £2 for each duck - you can select a charity from the lengthy list of registered charities on the site and make an extra donation if you wish.
The Great British Duck race looks like great fun and a great way to raise money for charities. May the best duck win.
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