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Plans announced for Grand Valley’s annual Duck Day

May 19, 2016   ·   0 Comments

Grand Valley Lions have released details of events to be held in conjunction with the club’s 21st annual Duck Day, to be held Saturday, May 28.

The day will start at 8 a.m., when the Lions will sponsor a Community Breakfast at Community Centre. It will run until 11 a.m., with monetary donations “gratefully accepted.”

Also at 8:00 a.m., the Community Centre will be scene of the 85 Tornado Royal Canadian Air Cadets’ Garage Sale.

Already sold out is the annual Horticultural Society Plant Sale on Amaranth Street East, which will run from 8 a.m. on. However, visitors will find lots of garage sales throughout the town.

At 2:00 p.m., 2700 ‘ducks’ will be dropped into the Grand River by Grand Valley Crane, and from 5 to 7 p.m., a spaghetti supper will be served at St. Alban’s Anglican Church.

Hereward Park will be scene of the finish line for the 21st Annual Lions Duck Race.

At the park, entertainment will start at 12:00 noon, and there’ll also be:

• ree face painting by Turquoise Tiger, sponsored by Grand Valley Dental;

• rand Valley Lions Duck pond with free prizes for the children, sponsored by R. J. Burnside’s;

• ree cookies supplied by Boston Pizza, and free milk supplied by Dufferin milk producers;

• ree Bouncy Castle sponsored by Hyde-Whipp Heating & Air Conditioning;

• ree Duck hats for the children provided by Grand Valley Lions;

•  free children’s play area sponsored by Ontario Early Years, and

•  Riverbend Artists booth with art and Duck cupcakes for sale.

The live entertainment will include music by Kara Shaw and a Zumba demonstration by Amanda Philips.

The Duck Race winners are to be announced at 2:25 p.m.

Information booths in the park are planned by Dufferin OPP, Dufferin County Waste Management Services, Grand Valley Fire Department and Dufferin County EMS

Food vendors will be on hand at the Grand Valley Skatepark (sausages, pop, water, ice cream) and at Heritage Park by Grand Valley Minor Soccer (hamburgers, hotdogs, pop, water) and Grand Valley Foodland (ribs).

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