2009 Rubber Duck Regatta!

If you have been pretty much anywhere around town, you may have noticed signs/flyers/50 foot inflatable rubber ducks on the roofs of buildings. I would argue this should be your clue that the Rubber Duck Regatta is coming up soon! Every year, the Freestore Foodbank has a "regatta" where people buy rubber ducks that are set down the river (for a short span) and the one that comes in first place is the winner of a prize. This year, its a 2010 Honda Insight. Personally, I'm always up for giving back and (even more importantly in this case) i'm ALWAYS up for a shiny new car, so this event is up my alley! You can buy the ducks online here , or @ Findlay Market or multiple other locations around town. If you get a special kind of duck, you can win 1million dollars as well! However, since this whole thing raises around 4 million dollars, i guess good taste would dictate that you give the prize back to the foodbank. There's more info below on the regatta - 5 dollars is cheaper than lunch at chipotle, so what do you have to lose?! If anything, this is an awesomely creative way to raise money, so hats off to Freestore!
Here's the official page for the Rubber Duck Regatta, and the info from the "about" page is below.

Duck Season is officially open!
Make sure to be a part of the Freestore Foodbank’s Rubber Duck Regatta! This Regatta is the largest and longest-running rubber duck race in the nation. This year will mark the fifteenth anniversary of the Regatta, which has cumulatively raised over $4,000,000 for the Freestore Foodbank. The ducks will drop at 3:00pm on Sunday, September 6th as part of Riverfest, the Cincinnati Bell-WEBN fireworks extravaganza.
Over 85,000 rubber duckies will be dropped from the Purple People Bridge into the Ohio River and swim quarter mile along the Serpentine Wall. Each duck has a unique number for each duck purchase. Ducks can be purchased HERE for $5 each or “buy 5, get 1 free” for $25!
This year’s winning duck holder will receive a 2010 Honda Insight Hybrid! If your duck is one of the unique the Million Dollar Ducks, you will receive $1,000,000 in addition to the car!
Thanks to the generosity of our sponsors in covering the cost of the event, all the money raised from duck sales will go directly to the Freestore Foodbank to help those in community in need.