Todd Frank believes most of the good work performed by Missoula's river-focused nonprofits is ... "Right away, Rocky Mountain Rafts' owner calls me, 'Hey, when is that? I think I can be there.

In the early 1980s, thousands of people would turn out to watch homemade rafts race down the Susquehanna River — all for a good cause. We pulled a report from May of 1981, which you can watch above.

The annual RNLI Raft Race, which took place at West Bay in Dorset, saw 18 teams float along the River Brit while thousands of people cheered them on. The event, which stipulated that rafts must be ...