CINCINNATI, OH (FOX19) -
At 2:45 p.m. Sunday the Freestore Foodbank dropped nearly 140,000 rubber ducks into the Ohio River to race along the serpentine wall. The regatta raised nearly $800,000 for the Freestore Foodbank. In it's eighth year this has been the biggest event to date.
The fastest ducks in the 2012 Rubber Duck Regatta were:
Grand Prize (2012 Honda Civic LX Sedan): - Nancy Link – Eastgate, Ohio
$5,200 in groceries from Kroger ($100 per week for a year): Barbara Howland – Fort Thomas, KY
$500 cash from KEMBA Credit Union: Mary Ann Lawson– Crittenden, KY
$500 cash from KEMBA Credit Union: Timothy Sutter– Florence, KY
$500 cash from KEMBA Credit Union: Linda Paul – Oxford, OH
$500 cash from KEMBA Credit Union: Gary McMillan – Glendale, OH
$500 cash from KEMBA Credit Union: Richard Tepe – Loveland, OH