LUMBERTON — The Boys and Girls Club of Lumberton Robeson County will host its 10th annual Duck Race on Saturday at Stephens Park starting with a performance by the Carolina Breakers at 11 a.m.

Tickets to rent a duck for the race are $25, and the person who rents the first duck across the finish line will receive $2,000.

Free refreshments, including hot dogs and donuts, will be available.

PEMBROKE — Union Elementary School will be sponsoring the “Spirit Riders,” a motorcycle back-to-school run on Aug. 5. Registration will be held from 1 to 2 p.m. and the riders will leave at 2:30 p.m. from the C&P Mini Mart in Pembroke.

The cost is $10 per rider or $15 per couple.

For information, call Lucinda Callahan at 910-785-3073 or Ruby Oxendine at 910-740-8969.

LUMBERTON — The Arts Council of Fayetteville and Cumberland County is now accepting applications for the North Carolina Arts Council Regional Artist Project grants.

A free grant workshop will be held at 5:30 p.m. Aug. 9 at the Carolina Civic Center Historic Theater at 315 N. Chestnut St. in downtown Lumberton at the Fourth Street entrance.

The workshop is recommended for first time applicants.

Applications must be received by 5 p.m. Sept. 5 at P.O. Box 318 Fayetteville, NC 28302-0318.