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![]() Rubber ducky, you’re the one! Sesame Street’s Ernie would be in heaven at the American Tobacco campus where a Duck Race will soon take place. |
American Tobacco is taking a quack at hunger.
Thousands of rubber ducks will take to the waters of the “Old Bull River” located on the American Tobacco Campus Saturday, September 23rd as the first annual Great American Tobacco Duck Race takes place with proceeds benefiting the Inter-Faith Food Shuttle.
There will be a People’s Duck Race at 2pm (ducks at $10 for this race) and a Corporate Duck Race at 4pm (ducks are $200 for this race) and great entertainment before, during and after both races!
The course for both races is 600 feet long and prizes will be awarded for the fastest duck, second place duck and the slowest duck (last place). The People’s Duck Race will begin at 2pm and The Corporate Duck Race will begin at 4pm. There will be lots of entertainment before, during and after both races. See details below.
American Tobacco Restaurants will donate 10% of their food sales on September 23rd to the Food Shuttle.
In addition to American Tobacco, race sponsors include WRAL-TV, FOX 50, WRAL-FM, WCMC-FM.
Don’t delay, get in the race today! Get Quacking!
Purchase your duck today for the 2006 Duck Race with proceeds benefiting the Inter-Faith Food Shuttle. You can buy your duck at:
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American Tobacco Gets the Word Out
Recently ATC held a press conference on Wednesday, August 23rd at noon on the Amphitheatre Lawn.
Jill Bullock Stanton-Bullard, Co-Founder and Executive Director of the Inter-Faith Food Shuttle; Paul Pope, General Manger for American Tobacco; and Honorary Chairs for the rubber duck race, George Habel, Vice President of Capitol Sports; and T.Y. Baker, President of E. Boyd and Associates urged all to get their ducks in a row to support this event designed to take a quack at hunger.
For those attending the media event, including Inter-Faith Food Shuttle volunteers and ATC tenants, they were treated to duck shaped sugar cookies and got to rub feathers with the Great American Tobacco Duck Race mascot.
Thanks to ATC’s Valerie Ward for this capcom info and for these capcom photos.
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