Virtual Duck Race 2021

This year the Rotary e-club of District 1070 and Northampton Rotary Club will be working together to hold the duck race. Unfortunately it will be without spectators but that is not going to stop us. Instead we have 1,290 ducks that are ready to race, virtually, for you. By sponsoring a duck, you will not only be helping the Samaritans but also be in for a chance to win a CASH prize.*

The first five ducks in each heat, and the first five winners in the final will receive a CASH prize.

Sponsorship is £5 per duck. Monies raised will be donated to The Samaritans (Northampton Branch) and for use of both Rotary Club’s benevolent funds in supporting local charities; such as food banks, vulnerable children and other worthy causes.

Once you have sponsored a duck you will receive an email within 48 hours informing you of your duck’s number or numbers depending on how many you sponsor.

Due to popular demand you have until midnight on October 1st to sponsor a duck. Once the ducks are sponsored, races will be ran, recorded on video then played on our website and Facebook pages so that all sponsors can see the results. Winners will be contacted via email and prizes will then be sent to them.

All monies raised will go to the Samaritans and other local causes.

The Samaritans are waiting for calls from those that need it. Whatever someone is going through, a Samaritan will face it with them. They are there 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

Here is how your duck sponsorship could be used:

£24 could help train and support our current volunteers to answer calls for help via online chat

£41.67 could keep the Samaritans’ helpline open for 5 minutes, ensuring there is always someone to listen when a person who’s struggling finds the courage to contact them

£75 could help them respond to 15 calls for help through their online chat service

£96 could support a Samaritans volunteer over the next year as they answer calls for help through their online chat service, from people in distress who will only open up in this way

£200 could help recruit and train a brand-new volunteer who will be essential to making online chat available 24/7, every day of the year, alongside their phone and email services

For further information or support please visit:

www.samaritans.org

*prize amounts are dependent of the amount of ducks sold.