Quack! Here are the prizes for the 33rd annual duck race in Idaho Falls. 

IDAHO FALLS — It’s clip to make immoderate sound and quack arsenic large arsenic you tin because a celebrated arena that brings nan organization together to watch rubber ducks float down nan Snake River is back!

The Idaho Falls Rotary Club kicked off nan 33rd Great Snake River Greenbelt Duck Race Wednesday and announced this year’s prizes astatine nan Westbank Convention Center successful Idaho Falls.

“It’s an breathtaking time! The duck title takes respective months of difficult work,” said Elaine Gray, who is portion of nan Rotary Club.

The prizes were brought successful by nan Idaho Falls Fire Department pinch wailing sirens on pinch nan Idaho Falls Police Department.

The expansive prize is simply a 2024 KIA Sportage donated by Stones KIA. The first prize victor will get a 2024 Can-Am Outlander XT 4 Wheeler donated by Idaho Central Credit Union. Click here to cheque out the different prizes. 

The expansive prize is simply a 2024 KIA Sportage. The first prize victor will get a 2024 Can-Am Outlander XT 4 Wheeler. | Courtesy Idaho Falls Rotary Club

This year’s duck title will beryllium connected Saturday, Aug. 10. There are festivities that will return spot nan time earlier connected Aug. 9 pinch a classical car cruise, a poker run, unrecorded euphony and a free dinner. 

This year, Gray said nan Rotary Club is trying thing caller because they want to support nan organization alert of nan event. 

“We person ordered 75 gait signs to beforehand nan duck title and we’ve besides sewage that galore posters that we person ordered,” Gray said. “In nan past, we person been beautiful awkward astir promoting nan Rotary Club. We want to make judge everyone knows what nan Idaho Falls Rotary Club does. Our attraction is work and bettering our community.”

Here’s really it useful pinch nan duck race. The rubber ducks are fixed numbers, which lets participants adopt a duck for a mini magnitude of money. Thousands of rubber ducks are past dropped into nan Snake River for nan race. The first duck to float past nan decorativeness statement is nan winner. 

This year, location will beryllium moreover much ducks floating down nan river. 

“We person accrued our number of ducks from 23,000 to 25,000 this year, truthful we really request nan support of nan community,” Gray said. 

Ducks are disposable for take astatine $5 a duck aliases $25 for a “six-quack.” Click here for much information.

“I want to make judge everyone knows that they tin adopt their ducks starting correct now, today, online, connected our website. Ducks tin beryllium purchased electronically,” Gray said. “In nan coming weeks, we will commencement mounting up Rotary tables astatine nan farmers marketplace and different venues passim municipality truthful that group tin adopt their ducks successful person.” 

Over nan past 32 years, nan Idaho Falls Rotary Club has raised much than $6.5 cardinal done duck adoptions, pinch matched costs by nan metropolis of Idaho Falls, a news merchandise from nan Rotary said.

After arena expenses, each of nan remaining costs spell into making improvements on nan River Walk/Greenbelt. For nan past 8 years, nan costs person gone toward nan improvement of nan city’s newest parkland on nan River Walk – Heritage Park.

The Idaho Falls Fire Department astatine nan kickoff arena connected Wednesday. | Courtesy Idaho Falls Rotary Club