Duck Drop fundraiser returns June 20 at Logan County Fairgrounds

Duck Drop will return to the Logan County Fairgrounds on Saturday, June 20, with the Early Childhood Council of Logan, Phillips and Sedgwick counties using the second annual fundraiser to support early-childhood services for local families.

The event is set for 6 p.m. at the NJC Young Farmers Tractor Pull in Sterling, placing the Duck Drop inside a larger fairgrounds gathering that runs from 10 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. That setting gives the fundraiser a visible local platform and puts it in front of families already spending the day at one of Logan County’s most recognizable community events.

ECCLPS serves Logan, Phillips and Sedgwick counties, and its mission is to promote high-quality early care and education opportunities for children from birth to age 8 and their families. The council also provides early-childhood educators with professional development training, coaching and resources, work that helps strengthen care in centers and home child cares across the region.

The fundraising piece is direct. ECCLPS says donations help support early educators, scholarships and materials for centers and home child cares. That means money raised through the Duck Drop is intended to do more than cover general operating costs. It can help educators afford training, help families and providers access scholarship support, and help child care settings buy the supplies they need to serve young children safely and consistently.

That local focus matters in a three-county region where early-childhood services are often stretched across rural communities and small towns. A fundraiser at the fairgrounds gives ECCLPS a chance to connect with parents, grandparents, providers and donors in one place, while keeping attention on the practical needs behind child care access, early learning and family support in northeastern Colorado.

The broader network backing that work reaches well beyond Sterling. The Early Childhood Council Leadership Alliance says local councils strengthen birth-to-five services across Colorado and supports local councils in all 64 counties. ECCLPS’s work fits into that statewide system, but the Duck Drop keeps the impact close to home, linking every dollar raised to educators, classrooms and child care homes serving Logan, Phillips and Sedgwick counties.