Friday, July 27, 2007

Milo's stop at Mitsui USA

Milo the Million Dollar Duck's Manhattan Migration, down to the South Street Seaport in time to join over 25,000 of his little rubber friends for a race in the East River on Monday, August 6th for the Million Dollar Duck Race to benefit Special Olympics New York, continues...


Being the lucky duck he is, this week Milo had a chance to attend Mitsui USA's kickoff carnival. Milo, Milo's agent and his friend Ronnie Weintraub, a Special Olympics New York Global Messenger from New York City Region, gave a wonderful speech to Mitsui USA team at their kickoff carnival.

Milo is overjoyed to see that Mitsui USA, as an official sponsor for 2007 Duck Race has also started building their team " Team Mitsui USA NY " to raise more duckies.
With his message to you today, Milo also wants share a global message which was given by USA Today. Special Olympics is this week's charity Snapshot celebrating USA Today's 25th Anniversary. Please read the news at:
http://www.usatoday.com/news/snapshots/25anniversary/specialolympics.htm

In addition,you can also express your thoughts on the microsite on USA Today's webpage where you can leave comments in support of Special Olympics and can forward the link to your friends, families and encourage them to do the same. This microsite will remain active through September 15 which is the last of 25 weeks highlighting 25 of America's charities. http://www.specialolympics.usatoday.com/

In the mean time,please Start a team!Join an existing team!Or simply adopt ducks yourself. Spread the word .We need your support ! There are potentially lucky ducks still up for adoption. Visit http://www.specialolympicsny.org/ or call our duck hotline (212) 490-1062.

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