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Rubber duckies sit in a bucket as they wait to be placed in with others in the launch above the Huron river, Sunday, August, 18. Courtney Sacco I AnnArbor.com

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• Rubber duckies sit in a bucket as they wait to be placed in with others in the launch above the Huron river, Sunday, August, 18. Courtney Sacco I AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/_1_/cache/081813_Duck_race_CS-1_fullsize.JPG
• Rubber duckies sit in a bucket as they wait to be placed in with others above the Huron river, Sunday, August 18. Courtney Sacco I AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/_1_/cache/081813_Duck_race_CS-2_fullsize.JPG
• Volunteer Marilyn Miller lays out rubber duckies as she sells them for the Ypsilanti Heritage Festival duck race hosted this year by the Ypsilanti Kiwanis, Sunday, August 18. Courtney Sacco I AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/_1_/cache/081813_Duck_race_CS-3_fullsize.JPG
• One year old Ra Shankwiler Rataezyk places his rubber duck the bucket before the Ypsilanti Heritage Festival duck race, Sunday, August 18. Courtney Sacco I AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/_1_/cache/081813_Duck_race_CS-4_fullsize.JPG
• Colin Duckett dumps a bucket of rubber ducks in to the duck drop above the Huron river, Sunday, August 18. Courtney Sacco I AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/_1_/cache/081813_Duck_race_CS-6_fullsize.JPG
• About 1,300 rubber ducks sit in the duck drop above the Huron river before the start of the Ypsilanti Heritage Festival duck race, Sunday, August 18. Courtney Sacco I AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/_1_/cache/081813_Duck_race_CS-7_fullsize.JPG
• Spectators watch as about 1,300 rubber ducks race down the Huron river during the Ypsilanti Heritage Festival duck race, Sunday, August 18. Courtney Sacco I AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/_1_/cache/081813_Duck_race_CS-8_fullsize.JPG
• Spectators watch as about 1,300 rubber ducks race down the Huron river during the Ypsilanti Heritage Festival duck race, Sunday, August 18. Courtney Sacco I AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/_1_/cache/081813_Duck_race_CS-9_fullsize.JPG
• Spectators watch as about 1,300 rubber ducks race down the Huron river during the Ypsilanti Heritage Festival duck race, Sunday, August 18. Courtney Sacco I AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/_1_/cache/081813_Duck_race_CS-13_fullsize.JPG
• About 1,300 rubber ducks race down the Huron river during the Ypsilanti Heritage Festival duck race hosted by the Ypsilanti Kiwanis, Sunday, August 18. Courtney Sacco I AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/_1_/cache/081813_Duck_race_CS-14_fullsize.JPG
• Rubber ducks are stopped by a net at the finish line of the Ypsilanti Heritage Festival duck race, Sunday, August 18. Courtney Sacco I AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/_1_/cache/081813_Duck_race_CS-15_fullsize.JPG
• About 1300 rubber ducks race down the Huron river during the Ypsilanti Heritage Festival duck race hosted by the Ypsilanti Kiwanis, Sunday, August 18. Courtney Sacco I AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/_1_/cache/081813_Duck_race_CS-16_fullsize.JPG
• The first 10 rubber ducks to enter the chutes win the Ypsilanti Heritage Festival duck race, Sunday, August 18. Courtney Sacco I AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/_1_/cache/081813_Duck_race_CS-17_fullsize.JPG
• The first 10 rubber ducks to enter the chutes win the Ypsilanti Heritage Festival duck race, Sunday, August 18. Courtney Sacco I AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/_1_/cache/081813_Duck_race_CS-18_fullsize.JPG
• The first 10 rubber ducks to enter the chutes win the Ypsilanti Heritage Festival duck race, Sunday, August 18. Courtney Sacco I AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/_1_/cache/081813_Duck_race_CS-19_fullsize.JPG
• Volunteers hold back the rubber ducks at the end of the race as they collect them all, Sunday, August 18. Courtney Sacco I AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/_1_/cache/081813_Duck_race_CS-20_fullsize.JPG
• Volunteers catch run-away rubber ducks in nets as they clean up after the Ypsilanti Heritage Festival duck race, Sunday, August 18. Courtney Sacco I AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/_1_/cache/081813_Duck_race_CS-21_fullsize.JPG
• A volunteer caries bags of rubber ducks to land after the Ypsilanti Heritage Festival duck race, Sunday, August 18. Courtney Sacco I AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/_1_/cache/081813_Duck_race_CS-22_fullsize.JPG

The Ypsilanti Kiwanis Club hosted the Ypsilanti Heritage Festival annual rubber duck race Sunday. About 1,300 rubber ducks were adopted for five dollars each. The proceeds will be donated to programs and organizations associated with the Kiwanis Club of Ypsilanti.

Launched form the Cross Street Bridge, the rubber ducks travailed down the Huron river. The first 10 ducks that entered a chute at the end of the race won prizes for their adopters.