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Wanderlust Challenge 2022
January 15th - February 5th
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Please see 2022 Winners below at Leaderboard
Thank you for PLAYING!!
HERE’S HOW IT WORKS
- Register Your Team starting January 12th (The First 55 teams to register receive a FREE 4-pack of Fresh Press Cider from Stowe Cider!)
- Wanderlust Challenge starts Saturday, January 15th through Saturday, February 5, 2022.
- 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.) If you choose a mascot, it must be photographed at each completed challenge.
- Teams must be from one household, per COVID best practices, and 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
Enter your completed activities by Saturday each week in order to be eligible for
weekly random drawings from our sponsors!
WEEK 1 Ends
Jan 22nd
Prizes from our Sponsors
WEEK 2 Ends Jan 29th
Prizes from our Sponsors
WEEK 3 Ends
Feb 5th
Prizes presented on Sunday, Feb 6th
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 Remote Site #9 - Little River Park (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 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 (10 pts) *
- Make your own jigsaw puzzle from picture of HOTW logo or sign (15 pts) *
- Make (not buy) an owl doll (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 winter (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 (15 pts) *
- Register by 5:00 pm Saturday, 2/5 for Snow Football 2/6 (20 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 (unique & not listed below) in honor of Dr. King’s Day (15 pts)*
- Send a (snail mail) letter to Bill Shepeluk thanking him for his service to Waterbury (15 pts)*
- Donate needed items to your local food shelf (15 pts)*
- Offer cookies to a neighbor (15 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 (5 pts) *
- Bake Cookies (5 pts) *
- Share Cocoa or tea with someone outside of your household (10 pts)*
- Strike a Yoga pose in your Darn Tough socks (10 pts)*
- Share a Lake Champlain Chocolate hot drink or candy with a child (15 pts)*
- Parcipate in an online Yoga class (15 pts)*
- Camp in a tent inside 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 SkatePark (10 pts)
- Anderson Skating Rink (10 pts)
- Bring your Mascot to “Waterbury Winterfest Party in the Park,” Silent Auction Tent on Saturday, February 5th at Rusty Parker Park! (20 pts)
EXPLORE
- Find the base of the WDEV Towers (5 pts)
- Visit the smokestack at the State Complex (5 pts)
- Take a picture at the Waterbury Veterinary Hospital (5 pts)
- Take photo at Vermont Realty Group (10 pts)
- Locate our friendly local NAPA Auto & Truck Parts store (10 pts)
- Locate the nearest DKR office near you (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 new Second Floor deck & show receipt (15 pts)
- Enjoy a delicious treat at the Red Hen Bakery (15 pts)
- Discover where Wall Street meets S. Main Street (15 pts)
- Find and take a picture with your favorite public artwork in town (15 pts)
- Visit with our dear departed friend, “Vermonty Python” (20 pts)
- Rent the Winterfest Fat Tire Bike and enjoy an amazing ride (20 pts)
- Locate a stationary Suncommon vehicle (20 pts)
- Visit the beautiful Lawson’s Taproom (20 pts)
- Identify the Domestic wine offerings at VBS (send screenshot or image) (25 pts)*
UPLOAD COMPLETED ACTIVITY PICTURES
Please be sure you or your mascot
(if you choose to have a mascot) are included in
each image (jpg)
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Leaderboard
| Standing | Team Name | Points Total |
|---|---|---|
|
1 |
Sage Wolf |
860 |
|
2 |
Need Snow |
800 |
|
3 |
Mi- |
755 |
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