Sugar, Spice and Everything Nice: Introducing the 2024 Aflac Holiday Duck
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Aflac has released its 2024 Holiday Duck, continuing a tradition that began in 2001. The new collectible features a holiday baker design, complete with a plaid apron, chef's hat, and gingerbread cookie. The PR highlights Ellen Hansen, a nursing administrator from Mississippi, who has collected every Aflac Holiday Duck since the program's inception.
The duck program has contributed to more than $4 million in donations to hospitals treating children with cancer and blood disorders since 2001. The 2024 Holiday Duck is available for purchase at AflacChildhoodCancer.org while supplies last.
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NORTHAMPTON, MA / ACCESSWIRE / December 4, 2024 / Aflac Incorporated
Originally published on Aflac Newsroom
For Ellen Hansen of Madison, Mississippi, the holiday season isn't complete until she's added the year's Aflac Holiday Duck to her collection. Her tradition started with the first Aflac Holiday Duck in 2001 and now, 23 years later, her ducks are on permanent display in her office - though for this holiday season, they've made their home around Hansen's tree.
A nursing and hospital administrator, Hansen has dedicated her life's work to caring for children, including those with cancer and blood disorders, at hospitals in Georgia, Texas, Mississippi and others. Aflac agent Carter May learned of Hansen's love for the holiday plush and enjoyed surprising her with the newest collectible each year when she worked in his home state of Texas - May estimates he's given nearly 800 ducks to accounts, friends and family over the past 13 years.
The 2024 Aflac Holiday Duck is dressed as a holiday baker, complete with a festive plaid apron, chef's hat and a gingerbread man cookie in its wings. Coincidentally, this year's collectible has a special connection to the Hansen family - Ellen's father-in-law owned a bakery for many years, and her husband, Steve, is now the baker in the family.
However, the most meaningful connection between Aflac's holiday duck program and Hansen is that both are dedicated to caring for children.
Watch this video above to see Hansen receive this year's Aflac Holiday Duck.
Since 2001, net proceeds from the Aflac Holiday Duck program have contributed to more than
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