Ask yourself. Do I feel ducky?
Well, you're in luck. It's nearly time again for the Ducky Derby Fundraiser at Genesee Community College to benefit the United Way.
The third annual race will be held at 12:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 10. Students will be selling duck tickets until the day of the race.
Students in Rick Dudkowski 's Professional Sales and Advertising classes and the Business Forum Club were given the assignment of creating a fundraiser to increase giving to the United Way.
The Ducky Derby was what they came up with. It's modeled after a similar race held a few years ago in the Tonawanda Creek as a fundraiser for youth activities at the old Royal Rink (now Falletti Ice Arena).
Ticket purchasers will be assigned to a numbered rubber duck. The ducks will then be "set free" in the Olympic-size pool at GCC in Batavia. With the help of a "current" created by the college's Swim Team, the first duck to make it to the end of the swimming pool wins.
The prize will depend on what each person paid for his or her ticket. Students are selling the tickets in one-dollar increments from $1 to $5. Participants win a percentage of the money raised based on how much they paid for the ticket.
For example, if a $1 duck wins, the winner will receive 10 percent of the funds raised. If a $2 duck wins, the winner gets 20 percent, and so on, up to 50 percent for a $5 duck.
The students' goal is raising more than $1,000 to beat -- or at least match -- the amount students raised last year for the United Way.
"We really hope to exceed our goal this year," said Kristyna Jaquin, Genesee student and a member of the Rubber Duck Promotion Team. "Since this is the third year of this race, we hope more people will support our efforts because they know they can have a chance at winning some money while helping other members of our Genesee community who will benefit from our donations."
Ducks will be available for purchase at the Batavia campus in the forum, up until the start of the race. For further information or to purchase a duck, please contact Rick Dudkowski, Business faculty member, at 343-0055, ext. 6390 or at <http://mrdudkowski@genesee.edu.>.
