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2025 DUCK DERBY HIGHLIGHTS

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Join the Columbus Education Foundation on Saturday, May 16, for the 3rd Annual Columbus Duck Derby! Proceeds from the Columbus Duck Derby will support scholarships and classroom grants for teachers and students in Columbus ISD. 

Purchase your ducks for a chance to win! The first 3 ducks to cross the finish line will win gift cards valued at $1,000 (1st place), $500 (2nd place), and $250 (3rd place). Need not be present to win. 

Ducks will be launched from the East River Bridge at 11:00 a.m. and will float down the Colorado River to the finish line at Beason’s Park. Which ducks will finish the fastest? We can’t wait to find out! 

Be an even bigger part of the Columbus Duck Derby by becoming a sponsor! Sponsors will receive recognition on event signage, the CEF website and social media feeds, and complimentary ducks in the race.

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Sponsor the Duck Derby

  • Recognition on “Leader of the Flock” banner
  • Recognition in press releases distributed to local
    newspapers
  • Shout out during live on-air KULM interview
  • Recognition in radio advertising (if commitment
    received by 4/15/2026)
  • Premier recognition on CEF website and social media feeds
  • Recognition during awards ceremony
  • 50 complimentary ducks at race ($250 value)
  • Recognition on “Take Flight Partners” banner
  • Priority recognition on CEF website and social media feeds
  • Recognition during awards ceremony
  • 35 complimentary ducks at race ($175 value)
  • Recognition on “Quacktastic Scholar Supporters” banner
  • Recognition on CEF website and social media feeds
  • Recognition during awards ceremony
  • 20 complimentary ducks at race ($100 value)
  • Recognition on “Waddle of Wisdom Patrons” banner
  • Recognition on CEF website and social media feeds
  • 10 complimentary ducks at race ($50 value)
  • Recognition on CEF website
  • 4 complimentary ducks at race ($20 value)

Call 979-732-1352 for sponsorship information.

Duck Prices

Just a Duck: 1 for $5
Quack Pack: 6 for $25
Flock-a-Ducks: 13 for $50

In-Person Sales

Baumgart Insurance, 1127 Bowie St.
Columbus State Bank, 1102 Milam St.
AL&M Building Supply, 538 Walnut St.
Columbus Physical Therapy, 107 Shult Dr. (CASH ONLY)

2026 Sponsors

Presenting Sponsors

  • Drymalla Construction
  • AL&M Building Supplies
  • Baumgart Agency
  • Mark A. Chapman Foundation

Leaders of the Flock​

  • Columbus Athletic Barn
  • Columbus Physical Therapy
  • In Memory of Patty Simmons
  • Prasek’s Family Smokehouse

Take Flight Partners

  • Bold Plumbing, LLC
  • CISD Leadership Team
  • Colorado Valley Veterinary Services
  • Columbus Butane Company
  • Five Oak Construction
  • Patsy & Sam Hodge
  • Leyco Real Estate
  • Aline & Andy Nunmaker

Quacktastic Scholar Supporters​

  • B&D Graphics
  • Banner Press Newspaper
  • Drew Freeman Services
  • Becca & James Edmiston
  • F9 Equine
  • Thomas B. Hancher, M.D.
  • Hinojosa Personal Injury Law
  • Johnny’s Sport Shop
  • KULM Radio – FM 98.3
  • Lil’ Einstein Learning Center
  • Lonestar Bank
  • Neuendorff’s Water Well Service, Inc.
  • Pintail Hunting Club
  • Trish & Stanley Priest
  • Systems Painters & Drywall
  • The Colorado County Citizen
  • Wick Insurance Services, LLC

Waddle of Wisdom Patrons​

  • American Ag, LLC
  • Shirley Barfield
  • Country Fresh Cleaners
  • Court of St. Roch Catholic Daughters of Mentz
  • Elliott & Waldron Abstract Co.
  • First National Bank of Eagle Lake-Columbus Branch
  • Frontier Rodeo Coffee
  • FSC, Inc.
  • Glueck Concrete, Inc.
  • Hallmark Realty, LLC
  • Iron Pot Provisions
  • JRS Properties, LLC
  • Katy Hardware
  • Charmaine & Dr. Rob Katz
  • Kotrla Air Conditioning & Heating, LLC
  • Koy Concrete, LTD
  • Nelson Earthworks
  • San Bernard Electric Co-op
  • Jamie & Jason Sweatt
  • Stow ‘n Go Storage
  • Weishuhn Engineering, LLC

Feathered Friends

  • Terry Braun – Edward Jones
  • Susan & Manzy Chandler
  • Columbus Animal Clinic
  • Columbus State Bank
  • Condra Communications
  • Finance Home America, LLC
  • Mr. and Mrs. John Isbell, Sr.
  • Estelle & Ron Mostyn
  • Rosenbaum Electric, LLC
  • Sign Gypsies Columbus TX, LLC
  • Trefny & Hillmer Law Firm

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