Naugatuck Chamber’s Annual Duck Day, Race June 4

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Thousands of ducks are dumped into the Naugatuck River for the Naugatuck Chamber’s 2016 Duck Race. (Submitted photo)

Raffle tickets are on sale throughout the Greater Waterbury area for the Naugatuck Chamber of Commerce’s 12th Annual Duck Day and Race Sunday, June 4, at 2 p.m. Sales of raffle tickets help raise funds for more than 65 local area nonprofit organizations at one of the largest duck race fundraisers in Connecticut. Over the past 11 years, more than 150 nonprofit organizations have received in excess of $300,000 from their participation in the Naugatuck Duck Day and Race.

Admission is free, and festivities run from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., rain or shine. The celebration offers such popular events as the Duck Race, a Jumbo Duck Race, a Corporate Duck Decoration Contest, live entertainment, a bounce house, circus performers, kids’ games, a superhero-themed dunk tank, a scavenger hunt game and much more.

At 2 p.m. sharp, 15,000 rubber ducks will be dumped from the Whittemore Bridge at the corner of Maple and Water Streets to race down the Naugatuck River. Raffle ticket holders whose ducks are among the first 25 to cross the finish line will win prizes, with a top prize of $5,000 in cash.

For information, visit www.duckday.com or call the Naugatuck Chamber of Commerce at 203-729-4511, the Waterbury Regional Chamber at 203-757-0701, or email to info@waterburychamber.com. See below for lists of nonprofits in Naugatuck, Waterbury and the greater Waterbury area that are selling raffle tickets in advance of Duck Day.

In Naugatuck, they can be purchased through the Naugatuck Chamber of Commerce at 270 Church St., and through nonprofits Air Force Jr. ROTC at Naugatuck High School, City Hill Middle School, Hop Brook PTO, Fraternal Order of Eagles, Hidden Acres Therapeutic Riding Center, Naugatuck Day Care Inc., Naugatuck Elks Club, Naugatuck YMCA, Naugatuck Emblem Club #160, Naugatuck Garden Club, Naugatuck Park & Rec, Naugatuck Youth Soccer, Naugatuck Community Choir, Naugatuck Beacon Falls Campership Fund, Polish American Club, Salem Community Child Care Center, Salem School PTO, Shepard-Salem Masonic Lodge 78, St. Francis-St. Hedwig School and United Way of Naugatuck and Beacon Falls.

In Waterbury, tickets can be purchased at the Waterbury Regional Chamber at 83 Bank St. and through nonprofit organizations such as Acts 4 Ministry Inc., American Cancer Society Relay for Life of Greater Waterbury, Blessed Sacrament’s Children Theatre, Children’s Community School, Brass City Rescue Alliance, Bucks Hill Community Club, Crosby High School Robotics Team, Exchange Club of Waterbury, Girls Incorporated of Greater Waterbury, Greater Waterbury Board of Realtors, Greater Waterbury Scholarship Program, Holy Trinity GOYA, Kenney High School Robotics, Main Street Waterbury, Safe Haven of Greater Waterbury, St. Patrick’s Church, St. Peter & St. Paul Church, Zion/First Lutheran Church, Waterbury PTA Council, Waterbury Chapter of UNICO, Waterbury Lions Club, Waterbury Emblem Club and Willow Plaza.

In the surrounding region, raffle tickets can be purchased at the Animals for Life, Middlebury; Animal Rescue Foundation, Terryville; Coco’s Animal Rescue Efforts of Seymour (CARES); CT Greyhound Adoption, Avon; Forever Young Society of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, Enfield; John Trumbull Primary School PTO, Watertown; Kitty Quarters, Burlington; Long River Middle School Swim Team, Prospect; Mental Health CT, West Hartford; Meriden Humane Society; Oxford PTO; Connecticut Jr. Republic, Goshen; Pink 4 All; Pomperaug High School Interact Club, Southbury; Project Purple, Beacon Falls; Random Hacks of Kindness, Woodbury; Sterling Lion Theater Co., Derby; The Father’s House, Watertown; The Susie Foundation, Beacon Falls; Wolcott Citizens Against Substance Abuse (CASA); and Woodland Timber Team, Beacon Falls.