The Million Dollar Duck with Special Olympics New York Athlete Walter Bannon at the Brooklyn Cyclones Game!

Milo, the Million Dollar Duck joined PeeWee the Seagull at the Brooklyn Cyclones game in Coney Island on Thursday, August 24 to cheer on Special Olympics New York athlete Walter Bannon, as he threw out the ceremonial first pitch.

Walter, who resides in Brooklyn, NY, threw out the first pitch in celebration of the upcoming Million Dollar Duck Race on September 14 at South Street Seaport. The Duck Race raises funds and builds awareness to ensure athletes like Walter experience year-round quality sports training and athletic competition.

For information about Milo and The Million Dollar Duck Race to benefit Special Olympics New York go to http://www.2006duckrace.kintera.org/ or call the duck hotline at (212) 490-1062.To schedule a visit from Milo to your company or neighborhood please contact his agent Clare at chealy@nyso.org or (212) 661-5217 .

Start Getting your Ducks in a Row!

Save the Date! We're getting all our ducks in a row... you should too! The 2006 Million Dollar Duck Race to benefit Special Olympics New York is scheduled for Thursday, September 14th at South Street Seaport.

The Million Dollar Duck Race is Special Olympics New York's biggest and most publicly accessible fundraising event in New York City. Many companies use it as a fun team builder to draw their employees together as they work towards a worthy goal or a method in which to herald the news of their support of Special Olympics both internally and externally.

To help generate excitement for this year's race we will once again follow Milo the Million Dollar Duck on a Manhattan Migration to South Street Seaport in time to join his friends for Race Day on September 14th. Each week he will stop at one of Manhattan' most recognizable spots to help us spread the word. You can track his journey through weekly email blasts and by visiting http://www.specialolympicsNY.org/. His migration begins the week of August 7th and he will be available for visits to your company to help increase duck adoptions and spread the news about Special Olympics programs throughout his migration.

So... Get Quacking! Start a team with friends, family, clients and colleagues! Set a goal and see if you can surpass it. All proceeds insure that the over 20,000 Special Olympics Athletes in New York City continue to receive year-round sports training and athletic competition and that neither the athlete, their family nor their caregiver will ever have to pay. And we guarantee you will have a lot of fun!!

For more information about the Duck Race, to start a team or to adopt ducks please go to http://www.2006duckrace.kintera.org/ or call the duck hotline at (212) 490-1062.

To schedule visits from Milo please contact his agent Clare at chealy@nyso.org or at (212) 661-5217.