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21st Annual Great Brevard Duck Race


Thank you everyone for helping to make the 21 st Annual Great Brevard Duck Race bigger and better than ever. This year’s race was even more spectacular, featuring a Fireboat courtesy of Port Canaveral, and the team at Cape Canaveral Fire Department that sprayed the 12,000 ducks down the race course in the Indian River. 

Also, Florida Home and Dock Life helped to keep all the ducks in a row by donating the setting-up of the race course, along with a barge which held Quacky, a 12 foot rubber duck.

Cocoa Mayor Jake Williams, Jr., welcomed hundreds of duck fans that gathered at Lee Wenner Park to cheer on their ducks to the finish line. This year’s duck race was held in conjunction with the Historic Cocoa Village Association’s Central Florida Car Show. 

Together we made history in getting 11,362 ducks adopted and over $120,000 raised! The proceeds will greatly benefit Crosswinds’ Robert E. Lehton Children’s Shelter and other programs.
Congratulations to the Lucky Duck Winners
A Sincere Thank You to Our Committed Duck Sponsors
This year’s duck race was supported and underwritten by many caring and giving community partners! 
A Tremendous Thank You to All of Our Volunteers!
It is very heartwarming to have hundreds of enthusiastic and amazing volunteers that come together to support the race in an effort to help the children and families in crisis in our community. Our volunteers are important partners (VIP's) to our organization. To see additional duck race pictures please go to our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/BrevardDuckRace, and please like and follow us.
Duck Tagging Volunteers
BSA Troop # 307 helping load the ducks
L to R: Misty Campbell, Director of Development for Crosswinds; Susan Hodgers, Crosswinds Board member; Phylicia & Councilman Alex Goins; Crosswinds Board Member Shannon Wilson, Chair Summit Shah, Past Board Chair Greg Crews, President/CEO Jan Lokay, Board member Andrew Walters; Mayor Jake Williams, Jr.; and Councilwoman Lorraine Koss
Mindy Levy, Lite Rock 99.3, Special friend and Emcee for Duck Race
Members of Cape Canaveral Fire Department
Davin Erickson, President of Florida Home and Dock Life and his team
Congratulations and Thank You So Very Much
to This Year's Top Duck Adopters!

A history making 11,362 ducks were adopted with the help of quacktacular Duck Teams throughout the community asking friends, families and co-workers to adopt ducks.


This year’s Top Duck Bank is Community Credit Union. CCU was one of the first to participate as a duck team and has been an incredible community partner of Crosswinds for 21 years.
L to R: Laurie Fink Capelli, President of CCU and Misty Campbell, Director of Development for Crosswinds Youth Services
B.J. Fitch of Fidelity Bank is the Top Bank Adopter for the third year, Robert Boyd and the team at Time Out Sports Bar is the Top Community Team, and the Top Team at Crosswinds is the Handley Heroes.
Handley Heroes Team of Crosswinds with President / CEO
L to R: Tammy Ferris, Director of ILS; Ann Fosburr, Program Assistant; Raylene Coe, Director of TLP and SOP; Lawrence McCalla, Counselor; Jan Lokay, President/ CEO; Danielle Masucci, SNAP Site Coordinator; Marcus Lumpkin, TLP Case Manager; and Grace Glass, Program Assistant
Youth and Program News
Brevard Family Partnership
Together with Brevard Family Partnership, Crosswinds Youth Services, Wells Fargo Bank, and the Brevard Youth Leadership Council hosted its first Independent Living Life Summit for Brevard youth and young adults. The attendees learned about creating budgets, renting an apartment, opening a credit card, and getting their first loan on a vehicle.  A special thank you to Matthew Sobarzo with Wells Fargo Bank for providing valuable information on financial literacy. 
From L to R: Crosswinds youth, Matthew Sobarzo with Wells Fargo Bank, Angela Oliver-Burges with Smile for Budgie, and Tammy Ferris, Director of Independent Living Services
Speaker - Phil Scarpelli, CEO of Brevard Family Partnership
CYS Staff Recognitions
Congratulations to Our Wonderful Staff Members!
At the Quarterly Staff Luncheon, several staff members were recognized for their accomplishments. Congratulations to Kathy Bailey for Employee of the Quarter, Marcus Lumpkin for the Dale Carnegie Award, and Deidra Oliver for the Tortoise Award for perseverance and dedication.
Kathy Bailey, Lead Youth Care Worker
Marcus Lumpkin, TLP Case Manager
Deidra Oliver, ILS Specialist
Celebrating 45 Years!
Previous Crosswinds' Emergency Shelter, in Merritt Island, from 1979-2002
Current Robert E. Lehton Children's Shelter in Cocoa, from 2002-Present
Crosswinds began in the 1970’s with a group of concerned community leaders who came together to discuss how Brevard County could respond to the increasing number of runaway and homeless youth in the community. Throughout the years, thousands of young people and families have received services through programs designed to strengthen families and offer young people the support, skills, and opportunities they need to succeed. “We are thrilled to reach this milestone and we are thankful for the collaborative impact and partnerships made in our community. Thank you everyone for your tremendous support for many many years,” said Jan Lokay, President and CEO of Crosswinds Youth Services.
Ways You Can Help
SNAP Program
We are collecting small toys costing under $5.00 for children ages 6-11 years old. These toys are used for incentives to help encourage the children to continue to practice and learn new behavior skills as participants in our new program -
the STOP NOW AND PLAN PROGRAM ( SNAP® CDI ).
SNAP is an evidence-based behavioral model that provides a framework for teaching children struggling with disruptive behavior issues, and their parents, effective emotional regulation, self-control and problem-solving skills. The primary goal of SNAP is to keep children in school and out of trouble by helping them make better choices “in the moment.” 

If you would like to donate toys for children in the SNAP Program, they can be dropped off at 1407 Dixon Blvd., Cocoa, FL, Building C, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday - Friday.
Amazon Smile
AmazonSmile is a website operated by Amazon that lets you enjoy the same wide selection of products, low prices, and convenient shopping features on Amazon.com. The difference is that when you shop on AmazonSmile , the AmazonSmile Foundation will donate 0.5% of the purchase price to Crosswinds.

We would very much appreciate it if you designate Crosswinds Youth Services, Inc. as your organization of choice.
Crosswinds Youth Services, Inc.
321-452-0800
www.crosswindsyouthservices.org
 
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