Thousands of rubber ducks raced and raised thousands of dollars to support literacy programs in Habersham County. The winners of the 10th annual Volunteers for Literacy Duck Race are:
1st Place $1,000 Winner – Sherri Purcell
2nd Place $500 Winner – Michael Buelow
3rd Place $250 Winner – S. Prichett
The quarter-mile race down the Soque River at Pitts Park capped off a day of events during the 59th annual Mountain Laurel Festival in Clarkesville.
There was a parade, live entertainment, arts & crafts, and vendor booths set up on the square, and another VFL fundraiser — DecADucks.
Local businesses sponsored and decorated large rubber ducks to benefit literacy and win bragging rights.
Festival-goers and Facebook fans got a chance to vote on their favorites. This year’s DecADuck winners are:
People’s Choice
1st Place – Elizabeth & Co. Resale Treasures
2nd Place – A to Zinc Health Store
3rd Place – Morito Scovill Americas
Best All-Around
1st Place – Southern Seasons – “Quack of Dawn”
2nd Place – Cornelia Vets – “Eggs-Ray”
3rd Place – Compass Pest – “Along Came a Spider”
Honorable Mention – North Main Credit Union – “Disco Lance Loves to Dance”
Most Creative
1st Place – Morito Scovill Americas – “Rosie the Riveter”
2nd Place – Habersham Chamber – “Mother Nature”
3rd Place – Clarkesville Library – “The Little Mermaid”
Honorable Mention – UCB – “Minnie Pearl Quack”
Best Children’s Book/Fairy Tale/Nursery Rhyme
1st Place – Elizabeth & Co. ResalelTreasures – “Dolly Parton Imagination Library”
2nd – A to Zinc – “Dr. Seuss”
3rd – Tallulah Falls School – “Rapunzel, Rapunzel, Let Down Your Hair”
Honorable Mention – United Way – “Dorothy on the Yellow Brick Road”
Best Business Themed Duck
1st Place – Kinetic by Windstream – “Local Heroes”
2nd Place – Wood’s Mercantile – “Duck into Woods”
3rd Place – Springer Mountain Farms – “Chicken Little – The Sky is Falling”
Honorable Mention – A Garden for Wellness – “Why Be Ordinary, When you can be Extraordinary?”
Pinnacle Bank – “Pinny the Tele Duck”
Rookie DecADuck
1st Place – Market San Miguel – “Shop Here for All Your Market Needs”
2nd Place – NEGA Housing – “Clifford”
3rd Place – HEMC “Read Me a Story”
Honorable Mention – Sugartopia – “Sweet Cheeks”
