A large crowd gathered at Jesup Green today, for the annual running of the ducks.
(Photo/Matthew Mandell)
The Sunrise Rotary Club fundraiser returned live, after 2 COVID years. Proceeds go toward the organization’s many service projects, in Fairfield County and around the globe.
Warm-up activities included older kids …
Rebecca Yormark (shown with her mother Diane) built and raced her own “duck car.”
… and younger ones.
Grace Waldman is all in. (Photo/Mark Mathias)
Then Sunrise Rotary volunteers got to work …
(Photo/Matthew Mandell)
… and the race was on!
(Photo/Matthew Mandell)
Janet Mittleman won the $5,000 grand prize.
Runners-up — also winning substantial cash awards — were Nick Battaglino, Anna Brady, Rob Graham, Alexander Strompen, Tracey Cauley, Wen Hsu, Rady Johnson, Jason Wolgast and Silvia Durno.
They’re probably all out celebrating now.
At the Duck?