Cornell Cooperative Extension

Tompkins County
Watching the ducks tumble down the falls!
Image by Isa Goico

Ducks making their way down the falls after the drop.

2025 Ducklings
Image by David Foote

Baby ducklings hatched in the office by Taylor from Urban Outreach.

Gwen demonstrating how to create friction fires to a family.
Image by David Foote

Gwen showing a family how to create friction fires at the Primitive Pursuits table.

One lone ducky
Image by Isa Goico

One lone little ducky floating down the creek.

4-H Duck Race

2025 4-H Duck Race Winners Now Posted!

Cornell Cooperative Extension Tompkins County is proud to announce that the 4-H Duck Race will take place on Sunday, April 27th, 2025 from 11am-4pm.  Join us to watch 2500 bright yellow rubber ducks tumble over the Cascadilla Creek falls at the Cornell Botanic Gardens' Cascadilla Gorge Trail then bob down the creek in a frantic and fabulous race to Cornell Cooperative Extension on Willow Avenue. Take a chance on a duck and win GREAT PRIZES if your duck among the first ones to cross the finish line! Enjoy refreshments, entertainment, games, activities for families all afternoon long, at the CCE-Tompkins Education Center at 615 Willow Avenue in Ithaca. All proceeds support 4-H youth programs in Tompkins County! Ducks drop around 2pm.

THANK YOU TO ALL WHO SUPPORTED THIS PROGRAM AND ATTENDED OUR EVENT! WE CAN'T WAIT TO SEE YOU ALL NEXT YEAR!

Contact

Miranda Sundquist
4-H Senior Administrative Assistant
ms3425@cornell.edu
607-272-2292 ext. 261

Last updated May 20, 2025

4-H Duck Race

See the Ducks DROP!

Rubber ducks going over Cascadilla Falls in the 4-H Duck Race, 2008.

Next Race: April 27, 2025

The 4-H Duck Race launch takes place at 2PM at Cornell Botanic Gardens' Cascadilla Gorge Trail. Enter the natural area at Tremen Triangle, located at the intersection of University Avenue and Linn Street in downtown Ithaca.

Thank you to our 2025 Duck Race Sponsors!

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Are you interested in becoming a sponsor as well? Please fill out THIS FORM and we will reach out to you. We appreciate any support you're willing and able to sponsor.

If you'd like to see the different Sponsorship Levels and Benefits, please go HERE.

See the 2025 Prize Winners HERE!

SEE THE 2025 DUCK RACE AND RAFFLE WINNERS HERE

*Raffle winners shown are from baskets not yet picked up

PRIZES CAN BE PICKED UP THE WEEK OF APRIL 28TH-MAY 2ND 2025 AT THE CCE TOMPKINS OFFICE DURING BUSINESS HOURS. PICK-UPS OUTSIDE OF THIS TIME/DATE RANGE CAN BE COORDINATED WITH MIRANDA, PLEASE EMAIL MIRANDA AT MS3425@CORNELL.EDU TO ARRANGE PICK-UP.

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