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Help needed for the duckpile

 

By On Deck Staff

Since the Rubber Ducky Regatta in August, bags of cute rubber duckies have been quietly hibernating in a local storage facility, waiting to be resorted and inventoried for next year’s race.
But now is the time for all ducks to be counted, and the United Way of Cape May County is searching for a group of committed volunteers who are just daffy enough to make it happen.
“We have literally thousands of ducks,” United Way of Cape May County Executive Director Suzanne Nardi said. “And each and every one has to be accounted for.”
It’s a big job that normally takes 40 people about six hours complete, and so far this year, no one has volunteered to help.
“It would be a great volunteer project for a scout troop, an older school group, a business or a local civic group,” Nardi said. “It’s not difficult; it’s just takes a lot of space and pretty big hunk of time.”
Ducks must be taken from the bags and sorted into dozens of piles according to their numbers, inventoried, certified and returned to storage for next summer. Some light lifting is required, and volunteers will need an ability to tally and count into the thousands. A work space can be arranged if none is available.
And the day is not without its rewards. There will be plenty of duck jokes and a free pizza lunch for volunteering. If you think your group can help the United Way get its ducks in a row, call 609-729-2002 for more information.

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