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Quack! Cedar Rapids Daybreak Rotary is celebrating the 16th Annual Duck Race! Visit our website for a list of great prizes you could win!

Each year, Cedar Rapids Daybreak Rotary produces the Great Eastern Iowa Duck Race: a community-wide, family-friendly, affordable, fun and unique event designed to benefit eastern Iowa organizations that focus on helping children and families. Run exclusively by volunteers, the annual Great Eastern Iowa Duck Race is patterned after a successful duck race held in the 1990′s in our community. This ye

ar’s beneficiaries include YouthPort at Polk Education Center (Boys & Girls Clubs of Cedar Rapids,
Tanager Place and Young Parents Network), Jon Cushing Sunshine Foundation, ESNA Village Network and Legacy for Learning. https://www.duckrace.com/cedarrapids

07/06/2026

Congratulations to the winners of the Great Eastern Iowa Duck Race! 🏆🦆

Thank you to everyone who adopted a duck and supported our community!

06/26/2026

TODAY IS THE DAY 🎉

Join us TODAY at 6:30 PM at NewBo City Market (1100 3rd St SE, Cedar Rapids, IA) for the main event!

Duck adoption closes at 5:30 PM, so get yours soon for a chance at one of 30+ prizes!
🔗 https://www.duckrace.com/cedarrapids

06/24/2026

🐤 IT'S THE FINAL COUNTDOWN 🏁

In just 2 days, The Great Eastern Iowa Duck Race will commence, the finish line will be crossed, and prize winners will be decided!

You still have time to adopt your ducks online at https://www.duckrace.com/cedarrapids. Every duck you adopt is another chance at winning one of over a dozen prizes up for grabs this year!

06/19/2026

🐤 ONE WEEK TO GO! 🏁

The Great Eastern Iowa Duck Race happens Friday, June 26 at 6:30 PM at NewBo City Market!

Let’s race for a great cause! 💛

06/15/2026

Join us in thanking our DUCKLING sponsors!

Ahmann Companies
Anderson Bogert
Bradley & Riley PC
Brightn
First Federal Credit Union
Modern Companies, Inc.
Peek Properties
Terracon
UFG Insurance
Van Meter
Woodruff Construction
YTT Design Solutions

06/13/2026

Huge shoutout to our In-Kind sponsors who help bring the Duck Race to life! 💛

✨ de Novo Marketing
✨ Dave Wright Subaru
✨ Fells & Tronvold Law Offices
✨ GreenState Credit Union
✨ KCRG Show You Care
✨ Mercy Cedar Rapids
✨ Z102.9

We’re grateful for your partnership! 🐤

06/11/2026

Adopting a duck for the 2026 Great Eastern Iowa Duck Race is a no-brainer.

✔️ Support local kids and families
✔️ Help us get closer to $1 million raised
✔️ Get a chance to win awesome prizes

🐤 Adopt today: https://www.duckrace.com/cedarrapids

06/10/2026

A big thank you to our RUBBER DUCK sponsors:

Alliant Energy
Bankers Trust
Cedar Rapids Bank and Trust
Collins Community Credit Union
Dave Schmitt Construction
Hills Bank and Trust Company
Holmes Murphy
ImOn Communications
Justice Electric
New Leader Manufacturing
Rinderknecht Associates
Therapy Solutions
TrueNorth

06/08/2026

You feelin' lucky... duck? 🤠

Adopt a lone duck for just $5 and support local causes while securing your spot in the race!
Want better odds? Check out our duck packs—more ducks = more chances to win.

🐤 Adopt here: https://www.duckrace.com/cedarrapids

Address

420 6th Street SE
Cedar Rapids, IA
52401

Website

https://www.duckrace.com/cedarrapids

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