Be A Part Of The 2025 Vail Duck Race!

What is the Vail Duck Race?

A duck race is when an organization puts numbered rubber ducks in a body of water. The ducks then “race” to the finish line of the event. The first duck across the finish line wins.

For the Vail Duck Race the Vail Edwards Rotary Club normally puts 10,000 to 15,000 ducks in Gore Creek. The ducks start at the Covered Bridge in Vail Village and race to the International Bridge also in Vail Village. The person who adopted the first duck across the finish line wins $5,000.

Local Vail Valley businesses donate prizes for the second, third, fourth, etc. duck winners. 

Who we support

The Vail Edwards Rotary Club has supported numerous local and international charities in our 50 years. Some of our biggest projects have included:

• Support of the Vail Hospital when it was first founded. The Club raised $100,000 through selling flag sponsorships on the International Bridge.

• Putting the first emergency phone on the top of Vail Pass.

We also partnered with the Forest Service to build Julia's Deck on Vail Pass. Julia's Deck includes a wheelchair accessible path and deck that overlooks Mount of the Holy Cross.

When COVID-19 hit our Valley hard in the Spring of 2020 and many of our local workers were out of work, the Club donated a total of $50,000 - $20,000 to the Community Market (local food pantry), $20,000 to the Vail Valley Salvation Army with the designation that the money be used locally, and $10,000 to Speak Up Reach Out to increase suicide prevention. The Club also provided $1000 in gift cards to local restaurants and businesses to local childcare workers who were taking care of the children of first responders.

For more information about local and international projects the club has sponsored, visit the Who We Support page.