2026 KenDUCKY Derby

Join the Food Bank of Siouxland and the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Sioux City for the 4th annual KenDUCKY Derby on Feb. 20 at 10 a.m., hosted by the Norm Waitt Sr. YMCA! Press your luck and buy a duck to race in the YMCA's pool and see if yours crosses the finish line first.

This year's prize includes: (2) Tickets to the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs and a $500 travel fund generously sponsor by the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Sioux City.

Buy a duck, feed a neighbor!

• $10 - 1 duck
• $40 - 5 ducks
• $100 - 12 ducks
• $150 - 20 ducks
• $200 - 30 ducks

All proceeds from the KenDUCKY Derby go directly toward feeding neighbors in need throughout Siouxland. 1 duck provides 50 meals! You can watch your rubber duck as they swim off to the races as we live stream through Facebook on Feb. 20.

Thank you to our sponsors: Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Sioux City, Norm Waitt Sr. YMCA, Hy-Vee, Bob Roe's Point After, and AMC Theaters - Singing Hills Mall for their support in the 2026 KenDUCKY Derby.

1. Participants may purchase up to 30 ducks maximum.
2. Participants must purchase at least 1 duck minimum.
3. Participants must donate at www.siouxlandfoodbank.org/duck-derby.
4. Prize is non-transferable.
5. Employees and their immediate family members or household members are not eligible to win. This includes: parents, children, siblings, grandparents, and in-laws.