GALLERY: Rubber ducks raise bucks for youth group

Numbered rubber ducks are ready to be dumped into the Cedar River for the Big Brothers Big Sisters Rubber Duck Race Friday evening in Charles City. Press photo by Amber Hicks

People watch rubber ducks float down the Cedar River in the Big Brothers Big Sisters Annual Rubber Duck Race. The numbered ducks that finished first won prizes for the people who "adopted" them. Press photo by Bob Steenson

Yellow rubber ducks dot the Cedar River Friday evening, racing for the finish line. Press photo by Bob Steenson

Ducks are collected at the end of the Annual Big Brothers Big Sisters Rubber Duck Race Friday night in Charles City. Press photo by Amber Hicks.

People collect rubber ducks at the end of the Big Brothers Big Sisters Annual Rubber Duck Race. The numbered ducks that finished first won prizes for the people who "adopted" them. Press photo by Amber Hicks

Rubber ducks are dumped into the Cedar River from Main Street Bridge at the start of the Big Brothers Big Sisters Annual Rubber Duck Race. The numbered ducks that finished first won prizes for the people who "adopted" them. Press photo by Amber Hicks