Trumansburg Rotary wishes to share the results of their annual duck race and express gratitude to all who helped make it a success. Read on to hear how the funds raised will go to work in their community!
Thanks to all the generous Trumansburgers, and other area gamblers, ALL the tickets were sold and, after nearly a week of rain, the SUN made an appearance, such luck! Wow, did Frontenac creek in the heart of the village run full and fast!
The ducks set a new swimming record crossing the finish line in just 10 minutes and our duck herder, Rotarian Angel Stillions, reported all stragglers were across within 23 minutes. Sagely, Rotarian Tom Overbaugh, had prescribed a second net at the finish line to be sure we corralled all duckies and, indeed, a second net was needed.
The first place ticket #1131 was claimed by the ever ambulating Allison Rice, second place, #939, by Aaron Abb and 3rd place, #20, by Rowan Ditmars.
Proceeds from the race will be shared by Cub Scouts Den 3, our local ambulance service to help them buy a new CPR dummy and Tburg Rotary’s general fund.
[Note, Tburg EMS administrator, Joel Fey, tells us a CPR simulator costs between $16k to $32k depending on chosen training modules. Anyone who cares to contribute can make a donation to Trumansburg EMS either delivered by mail or in person to 56 East Main Street.]
The first place ticket #1131 was claimed by the ever ambulating Allison Rice, second place, #939, by Aaron Abb and 3rd place, #20, by Rowan Ditmars.
Proceeds from the race will be shared by Cub Scouts Den 3, our local ambulance service to help them buy a new CPR dummy and Tburg Rotary’s general fund.
[Note, Tburg EMS administrator, Joel Fey, tells us a CPR simulator costs between $16k to $32k depending on chosen training modules. Anyone who cares to contribute can make a donation to Trumansburg EMS either delivered by mail or in person to 56 East Main Street.]
Tburg Rotary would like to thank Police Chief, Joe Nelson, and the officers who provide great crowd control because the younger viewers do get caught up in the excitement as duckies near the finish line.
Special thanks to Ravi Meel and the staff at the ShurSave for allowing our ticket sales to dominate their store entrance for months, our duck race success is due to your support!
Special thanks to Ravi Meel and the staff at the ShurSave for allowing our ticket sales to dominate their store entrance for months, our duck race success is due to your support!
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