Groups selling tickets for annual duck race fundraiser

Tickets are on sale now for the annual rubber-duck race fundraiser presented by the alumni associations of Riverside and Harvey high schools.

The Hardy Animal Nutrition Grand Riv-Har Duck Race will be at 11 a.m. Sept. 9 at Helen Hazen Wyman Park, 6101 Painesville Warren Road in Concord Township. The 16th annual race is a joint effort of alumni and friends of the two schools to raise money to fund annual scholarships, programs, projects and activities for the alumni associations and schools, a news release stated.

Rubber ducks will be launched into a creek at the park to float their way to the finish line. Each duck is imprinted with a number corresponding to the numbers on tickets now being sold for $5 each. The first duck to cross the finish line will win $500 for the ticket holder, the news release stated. Additional prizes will be awarded to other front-running ducks.

While the race doesn’t take place until September, there are a few things people can do to enter ducks into the fray and support the race in other ways.

Tickets can be purchased by calling Riverside’s Don Pomfrey at 440-352-8443 or Harvey’s Ron Balogh at 440352-1339. In addition, tickets will be sold at the Duck Race Booth at the Painesville Party in the Park from July 14 through 16.

Local businesses also are sought to become sponsors for the duck race To learn more, go to riversidealumni.com, hover over the Events and Reunions and go to Duck Race.

The alumni associations also are seeking volunteers to help with duck race. For more information, email donaldpomfrey@yahoo.com or call Don Pomfrey at the phone number list above.