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Five Lucky Area Residents Win in Duck Race!
(Erie, PA, Thursday, October 12, 2006)—Five thousand yellow, floating rubber ducks splashed down The Big Kahuna waterslide at Splash Lagoon Indoor Waterpark & Resort (8091 Peach St, Erie, PA 16509) during the March of Dimes 3rd Annual Rubber Duck Regatta in a 7:00 pm race on Thursday, October 12.
The first five ducks to cross the finish line, all numbered to correspond with raffle ticket numbers, made the following five lucky area residents proud winners of the Regatta:
- Richard Manno, #2571:
Arts & Entertainment Package, $545 Approximate Value
- C. Fried, #2653:
Play Time Package, $375 Approximate Value
- Robbie Snyder, #2582
Escape Close to Home Package, $200 Approximate Value
- Jack M. Bisu, #0446
Sports Package, $110 Approximate Vale
- Cathy Goellner, #0268
Dining & Swinging Package, $100 Approximate Value
The Rubber Duck Regatta is an annual fundraiser that raised over $15,000 this year in the fight against birth defects, premature birth, and infant mortality. For months prior to the race, raffle tickets were sold in area businesses for $5.00, and each was accompanied with a souvenir rubber duck and the chance to win one of the five prizes. The 2006 souvenir duck was a train duck, and every year, a new duck design is introduced, making the ducks collector’s items.
Sponsors of the event included: Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, FOX 66, GE Transportation, JET-TV, and Splash Lagoon. The March of Dimes would also like to thank those businesses who contributed to the prize packages and those who helped sell the rubber ducks and raffle tickets to their customers, staff, and clients.
The March of Dimes is a national voluntary health agency whose mission is to improve the health of babies by preventing birth defects, premature birth and infant mortality. Founded in 1938, the March of Dimes funds programs of research, community services, education, and advocacy to save babies and in 2003 launched a campaign to address the increasing rate of premature birth. For more information, visit the March of Dimes Web site at marchofdimes.com or its Spanish Web site at nacersano.org. |
