Pictured, l-r: VFL Coordinator Phylecia Wilson, duck race runner up Stephanie Kromelis, 1st place winner Eric Pereira, and VFL volunteer Kathie Nee. Not pictured, 3rd place finisher Peyton Thomas. (Daniel Purcell/Now Habersham)
Volunteers for Literacy of Habersham County is celebrating another successful fundraising effort.
The agency’s seventh annual rubber duck race on the Soque River raised more than $21,000 to support literacy programs in Habersham County.
The race was held Friday, July 20 at Pitts Park in Clarkesville during the city’s Red, White & Tunes event. The race normally takes place in May during the Mountain Laurel Festival but was postponed this year due to the weather.
Approximately 1,900 ducks raced the quarter-mile course down the Soque. The first three finishers won cash prizes.
This year’s winners are: Eric Pereira, 1st place – $1000; Stephanie Kromelis, 2nd place – $500; and Peyton Thomas, 3rd place, $250.
“Peyton’s dad bought the ticket for his son, who lives in Indiana,” says Volunteers for Literacy (VFL) coordinator Phylecia Wilson.
Ticket sales were doubled by a $10,000 matching grant. All proceeds will go to benefit programs that promote and foster literacy in Habersham County.
VFL Duck Race
Soque River • Clarkesville, GA
July 20, 2018
photos by Daniel Purcell
