Ducks in a row

WARWICK — Warwick’s annual Duck Derby, a popular fund-raising event sponsored by Winslow Therapeutic Center, has been scheduled, rain or shine, for Sunday, May 19.

Tickets are now on sale for the popular race and proceeds will be divided equally between Winslow and other not-for-profit organizations that help market the tickets.

Winslow Therapeutic Center is a not-for-profit organization offering therapeutic horseback riding healing programs for children and adults.

Anyone new to this area may wonder what the “Duck Derby” is all about.

On the day of the race hundreds of adults and children will be crowding the bridges or running along the banks of Wawayanda Creek in the downtown area of the Village of Warwick. Most will have “adopted” one or more of thousands of rubber ducks, each bearing the number that corresponds with the $5 ticket they purchased.

At approximately 1:30 p.m. volunteers will release all the ducks from the South St. Bridge, the starting line of the race. The ducks will then quickly float down Wawayanda Creek to the nearby finish line just beyond the Main St. Bridge.

Essential information
There are 10 valuable prizes including $1,000 cash, an Apple iPad mini 16GB and a Kindle Fire.

Tickets are available at many local businesses including Pennings, Pecks Wines and Spirits, Frazzelberries, Style Counsel, Newhards, The Toy Chest and Greenwood Lake Garden Center. And there are approximately 20 other organizations selling tickets.

For additional information about the Duck Derby or Winslow Therapeutic Center, call 986-6686.