Last chance to adopt duckies; more prizes added

The eagerly-awaited Canyon Lake Family Matters Club’s wacky Duck Derby is set to take place next week  and time is running out to purchase the adoption of some of the pool-full of little rubber duckies the club is offering up. Also, the club has added 15 more significant prizes for the top finishers.

The race will be held on March 13 at 3:00 p.m. at the Canyon Lake Lodge swimming pool. The first adopted duck to cross the finish line will win $100 cash. There will now be 15 more prizes added to the pool of prizes for the 19 ducks finishing after the champion.

The race and duck adoptions will be done socially distanced. Ducks can be bought on the club’s website (familymattersclub.org) or by limited in-person purchases. The race will be live streamed on Facebook and Zoom and the winners will be announced live over the streaming services.

“Get your ducks in a row for the Family Matters Club Lucky Duck Derby fundraiser,” Club Founder Shawna Bowen said. “The Family Matters Club is quackers about ducks! Join us for the quaziest race ever when we ‘launch’ hundreds of rubber ducks at the Lodge pool during the 1st Annual Luck Duck Derby fundraiser.”

This is a “FUNdraising” event for the entire community and for people of all ages, Shawna said. Participating ducks can be purchased at the club website. On race day, the ducks will be dropped into one end of the Lodge pool and the race will begin as water hoses will be used to push them to the end of the pool.

“With your $3 donation to adopt a racing rubber duckie, you have the opportunity to cheer on your little quacker racing for the finish line and help raise money for our community,” Shawna said. “You can choose the specific pattern duck you would like to adopt to race and we will number it, email you the adoption certificate and keep it safe until race day.”

There are “quack packs” available for those who would like to purchase more than one duck. A Single Duckling (1) is $3, a Set of Twins (2) is $5, a Six Quack (6 ducks) is $10 and a Box of Quackers (15) is $20.

The ducks make great gifts for the kids and grandkids. Buy the ducks for them to race and they can watch their ducks live no matter where they live with the live stream and the Zoom.