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2008 October > United Way Rubber Ducky Dip-A-Thon Erindale Park in Mississauga, held its annual United Way Employee Campaign Rubber Ducky Dip-A-Thon on September 19. The event is to raise funds for the United Way. The event works by buying a duck. The hundreds of brightly coloured ducks are dumped into the Credit River and whichever one reaches the finish line first is the winner. The ducks have been bought by employees and the money goes to the United Way. The grand prize is $1,000, which this year was won by Joe Hamilton, $200 of which he donated back to the United Way. Normally, the campaign raises around $5,000, but the goal of this campaign is to raise $180,000. After the duck race is completed they finish off the event and the day by celebrating with a barbecue.
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| Paul, Jordan and Erin relax before the race starts |
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| Michelle, who is the co-chair of the city employee campaign, poses with some ducks before the event |
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| Helder and Tony suite up before heading into the water to retrieve the ducks after the race is over |
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| From left to right: Ashley, Jessica, Olga, Frank and Kathryn work the registration table, while holding some of the ducks that will be floating down the river |
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| Joe Hamilton, the man who won the $1000, he also gave $200 of his winnings back to the United Way |
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| Marco and Mike cook up some burgers for the guests and participants to eat |
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| Dona helps get the plates ready and serves hungry guests |
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| The ducks are being put into bins before they are dropped from the bridge |
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| Readying the ducks |
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| "That's where they are going to go" |
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| Jordan gets the ducks ready |
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| "Ducks away" |
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| Staff dumps the ducks |
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| And the winner is? |
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| Sara Jane back from collecting the ducks out of the river, she caught many! |
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