Buffalo Grove Rotary Hosts Annual Duck Race Fundraiser Sunday, September 1
The Buffalo Grove Rotary Club is hosting its annual Duck Race fundraiser Sunday, September 1, 2019 during the five-day Buffalo Grove Days (BG Days) festival at Mike Rylko Community Park, 951 McHenry Road in Buffalo Grove.
The Duck Race is the largest yearly fundraising effort for the Buffalo Grove Rotary Club, and supports a wide range of local and international charitable efforts. These include a foreign student exchange program and academic scholarships-both of which are offered to students of Buffalo Grove and Stevenson high schools, as well as community grants for local organizations and holiday food baskets for area families in need. The Rotary Club also helps to fund international clean water efforts, and polio eradication initiatives, in addition to sending several of its members each year on mission trips to Guatemala.
"We invite the community to get involved and participate in this annual fundraiser, which helps us to do so much good for our local and international community," said President Bill Donahue, also the Duck Race committee chair. "Businesses interested in getting strong promotion in front of thousands of local residents can be sponsors, and tickets can be purchased by residents to win cash prizes!"
Ducks are on sale now! One 'Lucky Duck' can be purchased for $5, a 'Quack Pack' (six ducks) for $25 or a 'Flock of Ducks' (25) for $100. Cash prizes will be awarded to the first 13 Duck Race winners-the owner of the first place (luckiest) duck wins $1,500, second place wins $500, third place wins $250 and the final ten ducks that waddle over the finish line win $100 each.
The Duck Race will kick off at 5 p.m. on Sunday, September 1, near the BG Days Carnival entrance. Winners need not be present to win.
Please visit www.bgrotary.org to purchase your Lucky Ducks, and for more information on corporate sponsorships-which include a wide range of promotional opportunities and benefits in addition to courtesy Duck Race tickets depending on sponsorship level. Sponsorship levels include the Platinum Prize Sponsor, Gold Corporate Sponsor, Silver Corporate Sponsor and Ticket Pack Sponsor.
The Buffalo Grove Rotary thanks all of our supporters to help us continue our good works locally and internationally!
JOIN US: The Buffalo Grove Rotary Club meets each Thursday at 12:15pm at Lou Malnati's in Buffalo Grove. Join us as a guest and learn about all that we do and how we put 'service above self'.