阿迪朗达克解说中心
2024橡胶潜水
释放气球! The only competition of its kind, our custom designed and made in America loons launch into Rich Lake to land in the winner’s circle. 奖品将 be awarded to the three loons that land in the designated floating competition rings.
Are you ready for some exciting news about the 2024橡胶潜水 season? 我们 激动地宣布一个全新的事件 橡胶潜鸟潜水!
In the past, our loon competitors have shown off their speed racing down the river. But this year, we're switching things up and putting their diving skills to the test. We want to see which loon will take home the title of the best diver.
Join us for the fun and launch your loon into the lake (or we can do it for you!) and see if they can land in one of the top three floating rings. 它会是 一个闪!
日期
星期六| 9月21日|上午11点
奖的包
第一名:100美元.00
第二名-橡皮龙
第三名-选择养大手帕或t恤
赞助潜鸟参加跳水比赛
赞助一只潜鸟，你就能成为赢家! 当你看着潜水员从 air, have your fingers crossed that it's your sponsored loon. 顶级赞助商 Loon选手将获得奖励.
更多的信息
我可以保留我的赞助房吗?
No - We keep these loons so we can use them from year to year.
我怎么知道我赞助的loon赢了吗?
Just like a 5K or a bike race, every (loon) athlete in the race has a number. 后
sending payment, you will receive an email letting you know what loon athletes (numbers)
你在赞助. 后 the race, we will announce the top finishers by their number.
Do I need to attend the 橡胶潜 to sponsor and win the race?
No – 你 are not required to be in attendance on race day to sponsor a loon. 如果你的
sponsored loon is one of the top finishers, we will email you directly to coordinate
收到奖品.
这些橡胶浮标对另类投资会议有什么好处?
Hundred percent of the proceeds from sponsored loons in the 橡胶潜 are directly
used to help fund educational programming for the general public, and academic and
professional groups at the 阿迪朗达克解说中心.
The 另类投资会议 is a year-round outdoor education center, drawing on the local landscape for programs on the natural and human history of the Adirondacks. 要了解更多关于 our programs you are supporting, check out the "Programs" page on our website, or 在Facebook上访问我们!
潜鸟的诞生
概述
In February of 2011 we were exploring creative ways to generate excitement and support 用于另类投资会议编程. Our goal was to create an event that would highlight the fantastic resource the 另类投资会议 represents in the region and the high-quality and diverse 这里提供非正式的科学教育.
The idea of a rubber duck race was proposed, the Rich Lake outlet being a natural race course with the two bridges forming a perfect start and finish line. 我们所需要的 现在是赛车手.
Rubber ducks were intuitive, but common; we needed something that proudly said “养” 和“阿迪朗达克山脉.”
In keeping with Rich Lake’s history as a log-staging lake throughout the first half of 20th century Adirondack logging, racing mini-logs with the 养 mark seemed like 很合适，但是，不太“合适”.”
我们继续进行头脑风暴.
As we circled back to the point of origin, rubber ducks, we had our Eureka moment -橡胶拖船! 还有什么比这更完美的呢? 猫头鹰是一种强大而受人喜爱的象征 of the Adirondacks, and also a subject of ongoing 养 study and research. 潜鸟是 a species provoking wonder and fascination, never failing to catch the imagination and interest of adults and children, researchers and recreationists, and viewers of all sorts - whether with a paddle, pencil, or a camera.
挑战
我们开始上网寻找我们的潜水器. 我们惊讶地发现，无论多么有创意
我们的搜索，橡胶潜水器似乎不存在. 这可能吗?? 如此受欢迎
an animal, one whose image was emblazoned at one time or other on just about every
tchotchke and Adirondack knick-knack imaginable, not have been immortalized yet as
一个常见的浴室玩具?
研究
As good students of science, we continued our research and developed new lines of inquiry, searching for Gavia rubbercus anyw在这里 in the nooks and crannies of the internet. 一切都无济于事. So we shifted gears, seeking a company who made custom rubber ducks ——宾果! That search almost immediately introduced us to CelebriDucks, a company whose joyfully creative approach and serious commitment to rubber ducks 很明显.
克雷格/ CelebriDucks
That serious commitment to creating high-quality playful products carries over to owner Craig Wolfe’s commitment to bringing rubber duck production and jobs back to the USA (w在这里 they were invented) after a generation overseas. 我们非常兴奋 to support Craig’s vision, working with CelebriDucks to create and produce our loon, the first and only completely made it the USA, from design to molding, production 绘画. Our loons are the first custom job and only the second product run of 又是美国制造的橡胶鸟. 您可以了解更多关于迁移的信息 生产回到美国 在这里 and follow Craig’s progress on CelebriDucks’ entraining and informative 博客.
克里斯
The opportunity to design the loon was awarded to sculptor 克里斯topher Martin, an artist living in Ohio, coincidentally w在这里 the rubber duck was invented. 所有你 have to know to get a sense of 克里斯 is that his website and email are “I Play with 粘土.” Pretty functional and pretty fun, just like the loon he designed for us. 你 can get an even better sense of him and his work at 我和克莱一起玩.
潜鸟
The finished product is not only the first rubber loon in the world, but one working to support 养’s educational outreach in the Adirondacks, a role we look forward to them playing (literally and figuratively) for many years to come.