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Wanderlust Challenge
January 7th - February 4th, 2023
HERE’S HOW IT WORKS
- Register Your Team starting January 1st. (First 25 teams receive Stowe Cider 4-pack of Fresh Press Cider).
- Wanderlust Challenge starts Saturday, January 7th through Saturday, February 4, 2023.
- Make sure you (or someone else) takes a photo of you or your mascot completing each activity. (For example, Team #5’s mascot might be an action figure, or a banana, while Team #8’s mascot could be their dog.) You or your mascot must be photographed at each completed challenge. By participating, you give Winterfest and Wanderlust permission to publish your photos, including but not limited to its website and social media.
- Returning Teams must use a new mascot; a team can earn points one time for each activity (e.g. cannot build two snow forts).
- Upload completed activities with picture documentation to waterburywinterfest.com/wanderlust in order to be eligible for fabulous weekly prize drawings!
- HAVE FUN!!!
WEEKLY PRIZE DRAWINGS
Three Weekly Prize Drawings
Enter your completed activities by Saturday each week in order to be eligible for
weekly random drawings from our sponsors!
The teams with the highest points during Wanderlust will win Grand prizes and awarded after the final day
of Winterfest Sunday, February 5th
WEEK 1 Ends
Jan 14th
Prize from our Sponsors
WEEK 2 Ends Jan 21st
Prize from our Sponsors
WEEK 3 Ends
Jan 28th
Prize from our Sponsors
WATERBURY MAKERS
- Visit a local Waterbury Tool Maker (15 pts)
- Visit a local Waterbury Battery Maker (15 pts)
- Visit a local Waterbury Clothing Manufacturer (15 pts)
- Visit a local Waterbury Baker (15 pts)
- Visit a local Waterbury Brewer (15 pts)
- Visit a local Waterbury Ceramics Maker (15 pts)
- Visit a local Waterbury Glass Blower or Glassware Maker (15 pts)
- Visit a local Waterbury Art Maker (15 pts)
TAKE A WALK
- Anywhere on the Cross Vermont Trail (5 pts)
- On the Stowe Street “dry bridge” (5 pts)
- Inside the tunnel at Perry Hill Trailhead (5 pts)
- Walk to Little River State Park Camp Site #9 (10 pts)
- To the chimney at the CCC Camp Smith (10 pts)
- With a dog on the GMC’s Short Trail (10 pts)
- With friends on your favorite walk (10 pts)
- To the New Northfield Savings Bank Sign (10 pts)
- To the Hedgehog Hill Trailhead (15 pts)
- To the summit of a Mountain near you (20 pts) *
CREATE
- Create a colored icicle (5 pts)*
- Make a snowperson on top of a mailbox (5 pts)*
- Make a paper snowflake (5 pts)*
- Write a Limerick about Winterfest Snow Ball Dance (10 pts)*
- Make your own jigsaw puzzle from picture of Castlerock logo or sign (15 pts) *
- Make (not buy) a deer picture (15 pts)*
- Make a card for a Meals on Wheels recipient & drop off at WASCA (the senior center) (15 pts)
- Create and record a song about your favorite Winterfest event (upload video (max 30 sec.) (20 pts)*
- Offer a creative Winterfest FUNdraising idea (video or image) (25 pts)*
SNOW PLAY
- Catch a snowflake on your tongue (5 pts)*
- Make a snow angel (5 pts)*
- Sled down a hill (10 pts)*
- Build a dog house from snow (10 pts)*
- Play tennis with a snowball (10 pts)*
- Write “Winterfest” in the snow with snowshoe footprints (15 pts)*
- Make a snowperson in a public area for all to enjoy (15 pts)*
- Make a snow fort at Dac Rowe field near the library (15 pts) *
GIVE BACK
- Send an actual (snail mail) thank‐you card to your local first responders (10 pts)*
- Donate some winter clothes (10 pts)*
- Do a charitable service, in honor of Dr. King’s Day during Wanderlust (15 pts)*
- Send a welcome letter to new Town Manager (15 pts)*
- Visit HarvestWeb.org website, find where you can donate to Waterbury Food Shelf and kindly make a donation (25 pts)*
- Shovel a neighbor’s walkway (25 pts)*
NATURE
- Identify a type of pine tree (10 pts)*
- Identify three different animal tracks (15 pts)*
- Find a wild turkey, the bird not the booze (15 pts)*
- If you can, photograph a live deer (15 pts)*
- Visit the top of the majestic Waterbury Dam (15 pts)
- Scan the stars with the Orion Starblast telescope, borrowed from the Waterbury Library (15 pts)
- Shhh! Find a live snow owl (25 pts)*
HUNKER DOWN
- Play a board game rented from Bridgeside books (15 pts) *
- Bake Cookies (5 pts) *
- Share Cocoa or tea with someone outside of your household (10 pts)*
- Share a Lake Champlain Chocolate hot drink or candy with a child (15 pts)*
- Camp in a tent outside your home (15 pts)*
- Get takeout (show receipt) from Prohibition Pig (15 pts)
VISIT OUR PARKS
- Dac Rowe Park (5 pts)
- Hope Davey Park (5 pts)
- Gazebo, Waterbury Center Park (5 pts)
- Waterbury Dog Park (5 pts)
- Seminary Park (5 pts)
- Waterbury Center Chains Disc Golf Course (10 pts)
- Waterbury Skatepark (10 pts)
- Anderson Skating Rink (10 pts)
- Bring your Mascot to “Waterbury Winterfest Party in the Park,” on Saturday, February 4th at Rusty Parker Park! (20 pts)
EXPLORE
- Find the base of the WDEV Towers (5 pts)
- Find which schools benefited from our local solar company project (5 pts)
- Visit the smokestack at the State Complex (5 pts)
- Take a picture at the Waterbury Veterinary Hospital (5 pts)
- Take photo at Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Vermont Realty Group (10 pts)
- Locate our friendly local NAPA Auto & Truck Parts store (10 pts)
- Take a screenshot of the Best Western Plus' Chief K9 (10 pts)*
- What is included in the Sisler Builders Home Energy Audit? Send screenshot or image (10 pts)*
- Borrow loaner snowshoes from the Waterbury Library and capture picture using them (15 pts)
- Cheers! Wine & Dine at Blackback Pub, take picture on Outside Deck or Second Floor deck & show receipt (15 pts)
- Find where you can purchase office or shipping supplies in Waterbury (15 pts)
- Find and take a picture with your favorite public artwork in town (15 pts)
- Snap a photo of a Woody Jackson cow from anywhere onsite at Ben & Jerry’s (20 pts)
- Rent the Winterfest Fat Tire Bike and enjoy an amazing ride (20 pts)
- Locate a stationary Suncommon vehicle (20 pts)
- Visit the former home of the 101st Field Artillery Regiment Guidon (15 pts)
- Take a picture of a tweet, facebook, FPF or instagram thanking the Alchemist for supporting Winterfest as a PRESENTING Sponsor (25 pts)*
UPLOAD COMPLETED ACTIVITY PICTURES
Please be sure you or your mascot are in the photograph of each completed challenge.
By participating, you give Winterfest and Wanderlust permission to publish your photos, including but not limited to its website and social media.
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Leaderboard
| Standing | Team Name | Points Total |
|---|---|---|
|
1 |
NeedSnow |
835 |
|
2 |
Community Helpers |
570 |
|
3 |
The C-5s |
510 |
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