For the first time it is now possible to adopt your duck online for the May 7th 23rd Annual Estes Park Duck Race. Now duck race supporters have two ways to adopt a duck. You can obtain adoption forms from the charitable organizations in Estes Park, the Visitor Center, and many other places around town. Or you can go to a new online order form. Don Widrig, rep for the Rotary Club of Estes Park who puts on the race explains, “This is all a bit experimental for us. We have no idea if this will boost duck adoptions or not, but we do know it will be a lot more convenient for several of the participating organizations, such as Eagle Rock School, which relies heavily on parents, friends and family scattered all over the country. Now, all you have to do is tell someone to adopt their ducks online at EPduckrace.org.”

A wave of rubber ducks float down the Fall River during last year’s 22nd Annual Estes Park Duck Race. (Photo: Walt Hester)

The Estes Park Duck Race also now has a Facebook page that could prove beneficial at http://www.facebook.com/EPDuckRace. “If I have 500 friends on Facebook and I send the Duck Race Facebook link to them and they send it to 500 of their friends, and there are 500-million Facebook pages in the world, who knows how many ducks will be adopted,” said Scott “Big Duck” Thompson, chairman of the Duck Race Committee. “This is just another move to take the Duck Race beyond the borders of the Estes Valley, give it broader exposure, make it easy and convenient to purchase ducks, and the ones who truly benefit are the 69 participating charities and organizations, and all the people they help.”

Supporters can adopt as many ducks as they like. Each duck costs $21.00 and has numerous opportunities to win a prize. “The more ducks you adopt, the better your chances of winning a prize and the charities will thank you,” said Widrig.

Prizes include:
46-inch SAMSUNG LED TV
Macbook Computer
iPOD 32GB with iLive wireless pod speaker system
ASUS NetBook
Wii + extra controller w/ exercise program
NOOK e-reader with WiFi access and cover + gift card
TomTom XL 350M GPS
FLIP video camcorder
SONY 9-inch portable DVD player

For more go to: www.EPduckrace.org, www.facebook.com/EPDuckRace, or www.rotaryclubofestespark.org/DuckRace/