When the Daggs learned they were winners, it was decided that it was time for Gae to head back to the slopes. Without question, the greatest benefactors of the Ducky Derby event are the youth of our communities. Each summer, the youth organizations sell duck adoptions. The kids who participate is selling duck adoptions stand a good chance of being recipients of the Rotary funding through their organization. High knows from first hand experience that the Ducky Derby can make a difference.
Hockey is an expensive sport.
Without assistance from Aspen Junior Hockey, which receives funding from the Ducky Derby, High's son, Jeremy, would not have been able to pursue his desire to play hockey in the big leagues. Jeremy, now seventeen, plays for the Sioux Musketeers in Sioux City, Iowa. Most recently, Jeremy was one of only two, United States National Goal Tenders in an international tournament. Jeremy's biography reads that one of his pleasures is helping with Aspen Rotary Club's Ducky Derby back home. Rotarians are important role models to our youth.