Ducks for Bucks raises nearly $24,000 for nonprofits

0 Comments | Oakland Tribune, Apr 28, 2009 | by Matthew Artz

Last weekend's 15th annual Ducks for Bucks benefit race raised a total of $23,924 for 34 Tri-City area nonprofits, organizers said.

The Newark Girls Softball League raised the most money this year, selling 1,435 ducks at $5 apiece, and keeping $5,490 for itself .

It was followed by Bayside 4-H Club, which raised $3,534; the Kiwanis Club of Fremont ($2,254); Tri-Cities League of Volunteers ($1,714); and Glenmoor Elementary School ($1,218).

The event was sponsored by the Kiwanis Club.

The adopted rubber ducks were dropped into Lake Elizabeth in Fremont's Central Park, where firefighters used a hose to power them along to the finish line.

The eight ducks that were first to cross the finish line won prizes for their adopters.

-- Veronica Horton of Pleasanton won the $1,500 grand prize when the rubber duck she purchased from the Wing Healing Foundation finished first.

-- David Walker of Fremont won the first prize, $1,800 toward a new floor covering.

-- Norma Roman-Prudent of Fremont won the second prize, a year of weekly massages valued at $1,750.