Com munity

Hadassah
slates
rubber-duck
water race
to help
fight
cancer.

Don and Mona Shane are shown with the event grand prize, an Oldsmobile Alero, which carries
a two-year lease, and also some of the rubber ducks slated to race.

he first Detroit Ducky
Derby will take place at
Kensington Metropark near
Milford on Sunday, Aug. 27,
to raise money for Hadassah-spon-
sored children's cancer research.
At 2 p.m. at Maple Beach, a
flotilla of 10,000 rubber ducks will

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be released into the lake and hun-
dreds of children, parents and
grandparents will cheer their adopt-
ed ducks toward the finish line. A
single duck can be adopted for a $5
donation; $25 for a six-duck Quack
Pack; $50 for a Derby Dozen of 13
ducks; $1,000 for a Flock Of 30.

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Park admission is $3 per vehicle.
The grand-prize winner will receive
a two-year lease on an Oldsmobile
Alero. The first-place prize is a
Carnival cruise for two. The second-
place prize is a getaway weekend at the
Hotel Baronette in Novi. Additional
prizes will be awarded.
From 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., free family
activities will include moonwalks, face
painting, magicians, clowns and
games. Food will be available.
The Detroit Ducky Derby is pre-
sented by the West Bloomfield-based
Greater Detroit Chapter of Hadassah,
the women's Zionist organization of
America. Proceeds will be used for
children's oncology services and
research in the fight against cancer in
children.
Event co-sponsors are the Jewish
News, Metro Parent Magazine and

Home Town Newspapers. Honorary

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In honor ofFlag Day on June 14, the Charles Shapiro Auxiliary of the Jewish
War Veterans of the United States of America donated a flag to the George
Washington Carver School in Highland Park. Shown unfolding the flag are
Dennis Washington, fifth-grade teacher; Barbara Weiskopf, patriotic instructress;
the fifth gradeclass; Dr. Birdlene Esselman, principal; Bernice Wilson, depart-
ment patriotic instructress; and Myra Gross, auxiliazy president. The flag will
be used at the new school building when it is completed.

chairpersons are WXYZ TV-Channel
7 sportscaster Don Shane and his wife

Mona.

Randi Simko is Hadassah chairman
for the derby. Shirley Robbins is chap-
ter vice president of fund-raising.
Contact Duck Central toll-free at
(877) 988-4900 or www.detroitduck-
yderby.com to adopt ducks or for
information about adoption locations
in the metro area.