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Get your ducks in a row and head to the Yachats River Bridge. The Duck Race for Kids' Sake -- a wacky event to benefit the Yachats Youth & Family Activities Program -- is slated for July 4 at 2:30pm.

Adopt-a-duck, line the shore and cheer your rubber ducky to a fast finish. On July 4, one thousand ducks will be dropped from the Yachats River Bridge in a race to the Yachats River Bay. The first ducks to cross the finish line will earn prizes. Prizes include a sailboat cruise, bed and breakfast accommodations, a skateboard and more. 

Feeling lucky? Ducks are available for just $5 each, or three for $10. Buy your chance to win at the Yachats Visitors Center, 241 Hwy 101, 541-547-3530; Chuck's Waldport Video, 520 Commercial St, 541-563-4898; and area hotels and restaurants. Ducks will also be available during the Yachats Fourth of July parade and festivities.

All proceeds will benefit the Yachats Youth & Family Activities Program (YYAFP), a nonprofit organization providing a variety of low-cost classes and activities for area youth. Founded in 1995 by the Friends of the Yachats Commons Foundation, in 2000 the project achieved tax-exempt  status to thrive as an independent organization.  YYAFP offers a variety of affordable programming, including preschool, after-school and summer activities, family nights, parent education, teen and tween programs and a host of art classes. Programs and activities take place at the Yachats Commons.

"We are so excited to hold the second annual duck race in Yachats," says Debbie Jackson, YYFAP administrator. "It will be silly and fun and will help us continue to offer quality, affordable educational and entertaining programs for our kids."