Ryan’s buddy is on the board of the Special Olympics in Chicago so when he reached out to us about the Rubber Ducky Derby, we were so in.  For $25 we bought a “quack pack”- 6 ducks that would be dropped off Columbus Street bridge along with a few thousand others and “race” to the finish line near the Michigan Avenue bridge.

It was quite a to do–when I went to the river at 1pm to watch the “race”, a few tonssss of people were already there!

Half of the bridge was raised, a dump truck drove to the edge of the side that was still down and the ducks splashed down!

All money went to benefit the Special Olympics of Illinois and I was so touched by how many people were out to watched these ducks bob their way down the Chicago river.  Such an amazing cause to support on such a beautiful day!

For more info on the Special Olympics and how to support, click here.