Duck Derby Kickoff

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Advocates for Children Set to Host 13^th Annual Duck Derby Festival

Cartersville, GA—The 2014 Duck Derby Festival Kick-off will be held at the City Cellar Loft on Thursday, April 3 at 5:00 p.m. This will offer the community a chance to sign up as a Sales Team, selling ducks to help Advocates reach their goal of 20,000 sold, and allow those involved to purchase Duck Derby merchandise, learn more about this year’s event and celebrate another year of feathers and fun!

The Kick-off will mark the beginning of this year’s Duck Calls and Overalls themed Derby on Saturday, May 17. Held, once again, at Riverside Park from 10:00-5:00 p.m., this year’s festival boasts arts and crafts vendors, live music, food and sweet treats, lots of FREE inflatables, carnival games and plenty of entertainment for your friends and family. Last year’s Duck Derby festival brought in the largest crowd yet and the community support Advocates has received will ensure another huge success.

This year’s first place prize is a 2014 Honda Fit, generously donated by Honda Carland North. Honda Carland North has continued to provide the grand prize for four years and creates enthusiasm and excitement from duck adopters at their chance to win a new car!  It’s bright red this year, and more eye-catching than ever.  And there are dozens of other prizes, too, so lots of people will be winners.

Patty Eagar, Advocates’ CEO, has been around since our very first Derby, and continues to be amazed.  “It hasn’t gotten old.  Every year there are new volunteers, new committee members, and new people who want to come down and see the racing of the ducks.  Every year I get choked up seeing the swarm of ducks coming downstream, knowing that someone cared enough about child abuse prevention and treatment to want to adopt every single one of them!”

Ducks can be purchased online at www.AdvoChild.org and Duck Derby Sales Teams can sign up to sell ducks at the Kick-off, April 3. To learn more about the Duck Derby and Advocates for Children, please visit www.AdvoChild.org or call 770.387.1143.

About Advocates for Children
Founded over 30 years ago by concerned community members, Advocates for Children provides multiple layers of personal care to children who have been abused, abandoned or neglected, and provides an array of programs to reduce the incidence of child abuse. Every year, Advocates’ prevention and support programs strengthen thousands of children and their families, and its direct services help many hundreds of children in times of crisis. Please visit www.AdvoChild.org for more information.

We can't sell 20,000 ducks without you! Join our team of Duck Commanders and help us paint the town yellow!