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Ducks take a dunking for the kids at annual Derby fundraiser
Event's proceeds at Olympic Park benefit local Boys & Girls Clubs
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Rubber ducks are released into Lake Lanier on Saturday, May 5, 2018, to begin the annual Rubber Duck Derby Fundraiser at Lake Lanier Olympic Park. Proceeds benefit the Boys and Girls clubs of Lanier. - photo by Layne Saliba
Chelsea Clark took a deep breath as the Boys & Girls Clubs of Lanier’s 20th annual Rubber Duck Derby got underway. Clark, event marketing and volunteer coordinator with the Boys & Girls Clubs, said it had sold about 17,000 ducks to be released into Lake Lanier at Clarks Bridge Park on Saturday, May 5, all to raise more than $85,000 during the organization’s largest community fundraiser.