The winning team included Mrs. Laura Dugan and fifth-graders Nicolas Dugan, Kaitlyn Dugan, Lily Klein, Josh Sandler and Cassidy Owens.Their prize was a basket with gifts and certificates from local businesses.
Scavenger hunts have changed with technology. Julie Owens and Megan Sandler organized a family hunt on Oct. 27 as a fund-raiser for multiple sclerosis. The event attracted 50 people who were spread across 10 teams.
They gathered at 2 Alices on Hudson Street, and rushed out the door when Mrs. Sandler announced it was time to begin. They were due to return in an hour with pictures of as many things as they could find.
That’s right! There was nothing to carry other than a cell phone or a smart phone. Mrs. Sandler said that most of the clues were adapted from the Internet. People paid to participate; they left their cars behind and traveled together as teams. The prize was a basket with gifts and certificates from local businesses.
The organizers were pleased with the turnout. They’ll continue their fund-raising efforts on Nov. 3 when they both compete in the New York City Marathon.
NOTE: Contestants had to take pictures of the entire team:
-Sharing one soda (each team member using their own straw)
-Delivering a meal to a stranger in a restaurant with other team members watching.
-Air-kayaking in front of both kayaking businesses in the village
-Jumping in front of the Bonnie Blair monument (the entire team must be in the air)
-Behind a display window of a retail store acting out as a store window display
-In front of a local music business acting out as an air band
-In front of a local dance studio acting out a scene from “The Nutcracker”
-With a member of the group handcuffed to a police officer, with everyone else in the picture
-Holding a yoga pose in front of Eugene Conley’s truck
-Spelling “YMCA” with their bodies in front of a gazebo
-With someone at least 70 years old, holding their ID
-Sitting on or next to the cannon in town
-Spelling out the word “BINGO” in front of the place where seniors can play Bingo each week
-On a slide (one in front of the other)
-On a tree (but don’t hurt the tree)
-With a teammate pumping gas for a stranger (ask first)
-In a bath tub or shower (with clothes on, of course).
Extra points were awarded for picking up the most trash, having the best costume, and coming back with takeout menus from two local restaurants.
No team could do all these things in an hour. But “Dugan Plus” won the basket for accomplishing the most. The winning team included Mrs. Laura Dugan and fifth-graders Nicolas Dugan, Kaitlyn Dugan, Lily Klein, Josh Sandler and Cassidy Owens.
They took 13 pictures and got extra points for having the best costumes and picking up the most garbage.
The afternoon activity made $425 for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.