EUGENE, Ore. — The Great Rotary Duck Race will sell its millionth ticket this year, which means its millionth duck will float down the Willamette River on October 8. As much fun as it is to watch the ducks race on the river, what’s even more satisfying is knowing that ticket buyers are helping local … Continue reading »
Sheppard Motors BBQs for Duck Race
EUGENE, Ore. — Fundraising is in full swing for this year’s Great Rotary Duck Race. The race raises money to prevent child abuse. Sheppard Motors hosted its largest ever bbq in support of the race Saturday. The company has been a sponsor for the event since 1989. This year the picnic included a car show, … Continue reading »
Great Rotary Duck Race: Picking the Recipient Agencies
EUGENE, Ore. — The Great Rotary Duck Race presented by First Tech Credit Union is just three months away. In that time, Rotarians hope to sell a record number of tickets. The $5 collected from each ticket sold gets split up between five recipient agencies — local groups that help fight child abuse and neglect in … Continue reading »
Volunteers Prepare for Great Rotary Duck Race
EUGENE, Ore. — Dumping 70,000 ducks into the Willamette River, pulling them all out, matching them with corresponding tickets, and notifying potential winners might seem like a lot of work, but that’s actually the end of a lot of work for local Rotarians. “This is really a year-long process. A lot of people think that … Continue reading »
Great Rotary Duck Race: What is Rotary?
EUGENE, Ore. — Their handiwork can be seen at Skinner Butte Park and at the Owen Rose Garden. But the most recognizable example of a project undertaken by local Rotarians has to be the Great Rotary Duck Race. What seems to be a huge undertaking is just a small sample of what Rotary clubs across … Continue reading »
Agencies Receive Duck Race Checks
EUGENE, Ore. — Local Rotarians handed out checks worth hundreds of thousands of dollars in an effort to treat and prevent child abuse in Lane County. The money given away Tuesday is the end result of the Great Rotary Duck Race presented by First Tech Credit Union. More than a dozen local non-profits apply for … Continue reading »
Which Color Duck Is the Fastest?
EUGENE, Ore. — Thursday, hundreds of people gathered in a West Eugene warehouse to get thousands of little rubber ducks ready for the Great Rotary Duck Race presented by First Tech Credit Union. KEZI 9 News asked which color duck is the fastest. Check out the video to find out what the “experts” had to … Continue reading »
Changing the Future: Womenspace
EUGENE, Ore. — Sunshine Church tears up as she remembers reading a poem her teen daughter wrote for a school project. The words were simple, but powerful, written after the girl watched her mom suffer years of abuse: “Passed down from mother to daughter. Normally beaten by father. You observe and see then eventually will … Continue reading »
Duck Race Helps Womenspace’s “Parenting in Crisis” Program
EUGENE, Ore. — On Oct. 9, tens of thousands of rubber duckies will hit the Willamette River for the Great Rotary Duck Race Presented by First Tech Credit Union. Every duck represents money going to help local agencies working to prevent child abuse, including Womenspace. It will use money from the Duck Race to support … Continue reading »
Where Do You Put 70,000 Ducks?
EUGENE, Ore. — Next Thursday, hundreds of Rotarians will pack into a local warehouse and get thousands of little rubber ducks ready to race down the Willamette River. It’s the annual tradition called the “banding party” just ahead of the Great Rotary Duck Race Presented by First Tech Credit Union. For more than 20 years, … Continue reading »
