2023 Great Boulder Duck Race Recap

Thank you to our Boulder Community!

The PLAY Boulder Foundation would like to extend our immense gratitude to all the duck adopters, sponsors, volunteers, and attendees who made the 2023 Great Boulder Duck Race such a huge success!

We could not have done it without the support of our wonderful local community. We are so grateful to everyone who participated and helped make the 35th year of this beloved Boulder tradition one for the memory books!

In total, the community raised over $8,000! All funds raised at the Duck Race support PLAY Boulder in our mission to create equitable access to recreation for low-income families and people with disabilities, as well as supporting the work of our Tree Trust and our placemaking efforts throughout Boulder. Thank YOU for quacking for a great cause!

Adoption Teams

Thank you so much to all duck adoption teams that participated in this year’s Duck Race! Your efforts contributed immensely to the fundraiser and brought the (friendly) competitive spirit to the event.

The winner of the 2023 Team Adoption Competition was Kinesis Dance with over $1200 raised! This team of dancing warriors came out on top this year and beat their 2nd place spot in their 2022 adoption competition! In the second place, we had Boulder Rock Club coming out strong in their Duck Race debut. In third place, Clover from Alpine Bank made it closely behind!

We want to highlight all of our other amazing teams that competed in this year’s race. Honorable mentions include Hazel’s Beverage World and Avery Brewing Company!

Congratulations to our winning teams, and thank you again to ALL of our teams for their efforts and donations this year!

Boulder Fire-Rescue vs. Boulder Police

The Boulder Fire-Rescue Department and the Boulder Police reignited their head-to-head team adoption competition for the second year running!

In the end, the Boulder Police Department wasn’t ready to quit the fight and their duck paddled slightly ahead to cross the finish line first in the race around the lazy river! The close finishes kept our event attendees on the edge of their seats, and the department’s playful banter brought a whole lot of quacktastic entertainment to this year’s event.

Thank you so much to both departments for your fundraising efforts!