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Last Chance: Parkland Selling Rubber Ducks as Fundraiser
Goal of Parkland's Leo Club is to raise $10,000 for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society in honor of Zach Kraus, a Parkland student who died in 2011, and former teacher John Ritter, who died last month.
Parkland High School's Leo Club is holding a rubber duck race that aims to raise close to $10,000 in memory of and former teacher
The club is now selling three rubber ducks for $25, which will allow purchasers to be part of the rubber duck race May19 in a section of Jordan Creek near Wehr's Dam in South Whitehall. (If you already purchased one duck for $10, you can buy two more for $15.)
Proceeds from the rubber duck sales will benefit the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society in Kraus' and Ritter's honor. Kraus would have graduated with the Class of 2013.
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This is the first time the Leo Club is holding the rubber duck race, Jack Mondschein, Class of 2013 adviser, has said. Mondschein said he heard about rubber duck races, thought it was a good idea and "we decided to give it a try."
First prize will be $1,000, second will be $200, third will be $100. The last duck wins $50.
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To purchase a duck, contact Mondschein at mondscheinj@parklandsd.org or 610-351-5600 x 75105.
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