7th Rotary Charity Rubber Duck Race in Szeged

The 7th Rotary Charity Rubber Duck Race will take place on the first weekend of September, during the International Tisza Fish Festival. This year's Rubber Duck Race, sponsored by Pizza Monkey and numerous other local companies, starts on Saturday, September 3, from 2 p.m. at Újszeged Partfürdő.

The aim of the charity race in 2022 is to raise 2.5 million HUF for a life-saving heart surgery for a child. Anyone can buy rubber duck donation tickets for 800 HUF/ticket, and even help reach the goal with further donations. The full amount raised will go to the Gift of Life program, allowing Hungarian children from neighboring countries - mostly Romania, Serbia, and Ukraine - to get life-saving heart surgeries in Hungary.

During the race, thousands of yellow rubber ducks will be poured into the river, each of them with an individual start number. Because of the drift, the ducks will start racing until they reach the designated goal. Helper boats will ensure that the competing rubber ducks stay within the section of the river marked as the race course.

The race track is continuously narrowed until the ducks reach the goal, which leads through a narrow goal gate. Those who have a donation ticket with the serial number of the first 150 arriving ducks will receive valuable gifts from the sponsors of the event.

Donation tickets can be bought at:

Before the day of the race:

Árkád Szeged, Level 0, near the entrance: Mon-Fri 4 pm - 7:30 pm and Sat-Sun 1:30 pm - 5 pm

SZIN festival, at the Civil Village: Aug. 24-27., 4 pm - 8:30 pm

On the day of the race:

At the Fish Festival (Szeged side) and at Partfürdő (Újszeged side), 9 am - 2 pm

Featured image via Rotary Charity Rubber Duck Race Facebook page