FORT WORTH, Texas — A six-story rubber duck is coming to Fort Worth to promote kindness. On Oct. 29-31, Kindness Duck Project, a nonprofit created by Mark Burrows, Mary Ho, and couple Cye and Kyle Wagner, is hosting the #KindnessDuckParty.

What You Need To Know

  • The world's largest duck will appear at Fort Worth's Trinity Park from Oct. 29-31

  • The duck is the guest of honor at the #KindnessDuckParty

  • The party is being organized by the Kindness Duck Project, a nonprofit that promotes sharing kindness

  • More than 20 food trucks, 100 vendors and 30 nonprofits will be on hand for the event

The guest of honor will be the world’s largest rubber duck. Big Duck LLC will bring the duck to the city on a tractor-trailer and set it up in Trinity Park, where it will be inflated. There will also be a 10-foot baby duck nearby.

The idea for the Kindness Duck Project started in January when Burrows began a series of Kindness Conversations with the children’s ministry he directs at First United Methodist Church.

During these chats, kids learned about the concept in three forms — being kind to yourself, being kind to others and being kind to the environment. Kiddos walked away with yellow rubber ducks with the word “kindness” emblazoned on them to hand out to people, along with playing cards with specific tasks to perform, such as ideas like drawing with chalk on the sidewalk, spending more time with a pet or pulling weeds. 

Adults and children alike took to the mission, and that sparked what has become the Kindness Duck Project — a nonprofit dedicated to planting, growing, and sharing kindness. The Project officially launched in May. 

More than 20 food trucks are scheduled at the event, as well as roughly 100 vendors. Games and activities will be provided by Fort Worth Museum of Science and History and Fort Worth Independent School District — the latter of which will also be registering students for pre-K and Kindergarten.

Some 30 charities will have booths at the event, including Saving Hope Rescue, A Memory Grows, and Con Mi MADRE. 

Going forward, the Kindness Duck Project will be involved in random acts of kindness as well as developing a Kindness Curriculum to share with educational facilities, organizations and communities.