Tickets on sale for 2025 First City River Duck Race fundraiser

081223.N.BP.DUCKRACE.jpg — Adult Day Services' 2025 First City River Duck Race is set for 3 p.m. on Aug. 2, on the Mississippi River between lakes Irving and Bemidji.

By Pioneer Staff Report

June 10, 2025 at 10:57 AM

BEMIDJI 鈥� Tickets are on sale now at various locations in the Bemidji Area for Adult Day Services' 2025 First City River Duck Race, set for Saturday, Aug. 2.

The race takes place on the Mississippi River between lakes Irving and Bemidji. Winners of the race receive cash prizes.

Tickets cost $10 and proceeds go toward Adult Day Services and the programs they provide to community members, a release said.

Tickets are available at the Duck Race Luncheon from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, June 14,at Adult Day Services, 620 Carr Lake Road SE.

Attendees can also purchase tickets at these corporate sponsor locations:

Bemidji Senior Center
Iverson Corner Durg
Deerwood Bank
Minnesota Nice Cafe
Poor Willies
Bemidji Eagles Club
Dick鈥檚 Northside
First National Bank Bemidji
Paul Bunyan Broadcasting

According to its Adult Day Services assists people experiencing isolation due to physical and psychosocial demands to maintain and/or increase independence and remain an active part of family and community.

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