Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., March 9 (UPI) -- Organizers of Florida's Duck Derby said some 300 people waded into a pool filled with 6,000 rubber ducks for the chance to win prizes worth up to $5,000. Adopt-A-Family, the charity behind the event Sunday at CityPlace in West Palm Beach, said blindfolded participants fished ducks out of the pool, and each duck was marked on its underside with a bar code that determined whether the duck-picker won a prize. AdvertisementAdopt A Family of the Palm Beaches 3rd Annual Duck Derby at CityPlace Greg Lovett Palmbeachpost pic.twitter.com/Pk1FacCkA3— LovettGreg (@GlovettGreg) March 8, 2015 The prizes ranged from coupons for local restaurants and businesses to the grand prize $5,000 vacation at an Orlando resort. Participants paid $5 per duck, $25 for six ducks or $100 for 25 ducks. Adopt-A-Family officials said they were hoping to surpass the $24,000 raised by last year's Duck Derby in downtown Lake Worth. Read More 95-year-old man breaks 200-meter sprint record Panda crosses Chinese road in CCTV footage Men filmed clinging to back of high speed train in New Zealand Waiter seeks tab-skipping drinkers on Craigslist