2018 Annual Kiwanis Tampa Incredible Duck Race
Sat Aug 18, 10:00 AM - Sat Aug 18, 12:00 PM

Who does the Incredible Duck Race benefit?

All proceeds from the Incredible Duck Race will benefit the Tampa Kiwanis Foundation. The Kiwanis Club of Tampa has been helping children in local community since 1919. Our enthusiastic members pursue creative ways to serve the needs of children in our community. Locally we build ramps for the disabled, hold immunization events, purchase holiday gifts for kids in need, provide scholarships, work with leadership clubs in schools at the middle school, high school and college level, and build reading rooms in Boys and Girls clubs around Tampa. Additionally, our foundation provides grants to local non-profit organizations.



How does it work?

Everyone who adopts a duck, whether online, in the mail, at a Duck Race booth or in a sponsoring business is entered into what we call E-Quack, a database that stores all of the information. Next to your name in E-Quack is the number of ducks you have adopted. The tag range is entered into E-Quack and all the numbers are shuffled up. Then, E-Quack automatically assigns the number of ducks you have adopted next to Tag Numbers. Thus, if you adopted 5 ducks, your name will be placed next to 5 different Tag Numbers.



How do my ducks get in the water?

Let’s Tag! A few days prior to the Incredible Duck Race, volunteers will place numbered tags on the bottom of every duck that will be in the Duck Race - which is 10,000 ducks! The tags are waterproof labels beginning with a 7 digit number and ending with a 7 digit number.

For Example:

8580001-8590000



What is my tag number?

Tag numbers are automatically and randomly assigned by computer. We want to make sure that no duck has an unfair advantage and the race is not fixed, so to ensure the integrity of the race, tag numbers are never given out. Rest assured, however, that all of the ducks you have adopted will be in the water.



What if you have 9,000 Adopted Ducks but you have 10,000 Tagged Ducks on Duck Race Day?

If all our ducks have not been adopted by race day, it means that a lucky adopter can still adopt up to an hour prior to the race. Their names will be placed at random into the mix, next to a number that does not already have a name by it.