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Duck Derby & Duck-N-Run 5K Winners Announced
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Shelby & Darke County held their 14th
Annual Duck Derby and Duck-N-Run 5K virtually Thursday August 6th, at
7:30pm.
The Duck Derby had 2,492 ducks “adopted” by community members and local
corporate sponsors. Due to safety precautions instead of having
our Duck Derby & 5K at Tawawa Park’s Mosquito Creek, this year’s
Duck Derby winners were chosen randomly and announced via Facebook
Live. Twelve fabulous prizes were awarded for the Duck
Derby. The $1,000 Grand Prize winner was Greg and Priscilla
Wilt. Other prize package winners included Kathy Doseck, Ferguson
Construction COmpany, Corey Eagle, Frank Thaman, Kelli McEldowney, Eric
Ambos, Larry Holmes, S&S Management, Rachel Sailor, Versailles
Savings and Loan and Molly Hay. All winners will be contacted to
arrange delivery of their prizes.
For the second year in a row we did the addition of a Defender of
Potential Duck drawing. Only 250 of the Defender Ducks were
offered for sale, which increased the odds of winning a $500 cash
jackpot. The Defender of Potential Duck winner was Trisha Prenger.
Prizes were donated by Meyer’s Garage & Drive Thru, Gillespie
Construction, Brethren Retirement Community, Hollywood Gaming, Snow
Trails Ski Resort, Mad River Mountain, Big Brothers Big SIsters of
Shelby and Darke COunty, Dayton Historical Society, Kings Island,
Holden Forests & Gardens, Great Lakes Science Center tickets,
Mitchell’s Homemade Ice Cream, Columbus Blue Jackets, Graters Ice
Cream, Cosi, Shadowbox Live, African SAfari Wildlife Park, Cincinnati
Zoo, Cassano’s Pizza, JT’s Brew & Grill, Fort Loramie Dairy King,
The Caroline, Frisch’s Big Boy, Winans, Bob Evans, Double M Diner,
Imagination Station and Vavoline.
The Duck-N-Run 5K was also virtual this year. We had 60 registered
participants. Actual results can be found at
www.cantstoprunningco.com. This year’s major Flock of Duck sponsors
included 105.5 TAM FM, Auto Tech, Dave Russell CPA, LLC, Edison
Community College, J&J Enterprises, Kiwanis Club Sidney. Koenig
Equipment, Inc., Sidney Body Carstar, Temperance Lodge No. 73 F&AM,
Troy Carstar and Ernst Sports. For a complete listing of sponsors,
please go to www.bigbrobigsis-shelbydarke.org
Proceeds from the event will benefit the local Big Brothers Big Sisters
agency. Their mission is to create and support one-to-one
mentoring relationships that ignite the power and promise or youth and
our vision is for all youth to achieve their full potential. The agency
offers five separate programs including Community-Based Mentoring,
Couples Mentoring, Big Buddies, Lunch Buddies, and Career Quest.
All of the programs match a child with a volunteer mentor. All
volunteers are screened thoroughly and meet with children at least two
times per month to offer guidance, support, and positive
role-modeling. Studies prove that children who spend time with a
positive role model are more likely to become healthy, productive
adults. It does not take a great deal of time, money, or talent;
the volunteers just need to care about children.
Community members who feel they don’t want to make a commitment of
volunteering can help the agency in other ways. The agency is
always looking for cost-saving ideas for activities that volunteers can
do with their matched Littles. In the past, companies and
individuals have donated tickets to local events, sporting events, or
hosted a special outing for the Big Brothers Big Sisters group.
Big Brothers Big Sisters is a non-profit United Way member
agency. If you would like to become a volunteer and help ignite,
empower, and defend the potential of a young child, contact the local
agency at 937-492-7611, 937-547-9622, or go to
www.bigbrobigsis-shelbydarke.org for more information.
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