On Sept. 7, Ormond Beach Elks Lodge #2193 hosted its second annual Duck Drop. The lodge invited community members to participate in its Labor Day weekend festivities, including food, music, dunk tank, games, raffles, auction, cake walk, cornhole and more. The Elks Drug Awareness trailer was used and Florida Elks Children’s Therapy Services therapists Althea Montgomery, OTR/L and Beth Thiers, OTR/L attended. The main event was the dropping of 1,500 rubber ducks onto the lodge parking lot from a helicopter supplied by Tomlinson Aviation and member Neal Tomlinson. The ducks were dropped by member Joe Horton. Prizes were awarded to those whose ducks landed closest to the target. The event raised $9,951 for lodge and Elks charitable programs, including the Harry-Anna Trust Fund, Elks National Foundation, lodge scholarships, Drug Awareness program, holiday gift and food baskets, and the Elks National Veterans Service Commission.
Pictured are the rubber ducks being dropped from the helicopter. Photo credit/Michele Meyers, Observer