Wanderlust Challenge

Even during these challenging times, we will continue to celebrate winter in Waterbury via Winterfest! We thank our participants, sponsors and volunteer leaders who encourage you to get get out
and play in a safe way.
Instead of gathering together this year, please enjoy these
Winterfest Challenges (both near and afar*) while following COVID protocols.
*Denotes safe challenges for out-of-town enthusiasts!

HERE’S HOW IT WORKS

Wanderlust Challenge runs January 29, 2021 ‐ Friday, February 26, 2021. Final Awards for highest points will be awarded on Town Meeting Day, March 2, 2021.
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.
By Friday of each week, 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 Friday each week in order to be eligible for
weekly random drawings from our sponsors!

Our FIRST 55 entries, receive a 4-pack of Fresh Press, non-alcoholic sparkling cider seltzer from Stowe Cider!!

Weekly Gift Certificate Prizes from: Alchemist, Lawson’s Finest Liquids, Napa Auto, Ben & Jerry’s, and more...
Stay Tuned for Town Meeting Day Grand Prizes!

WEEK - 1 Jan 29th - Feb 5th

Underwritten by our Presenting Sponsor
STOWE CIDER

WEEK - 2 Feb 6th - Feb 12th

Gift Certificates from our Sponsors

WEEK - 3 Feb 13th -
Feb 19th

Gift Certificates from our Sponsors

WEEK - 4 Feb 20th - Feb 26th

Underwritten by our Presenting Sponsor
The Alchemist

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)
To the flagpole/Christmas tree above Thatcher Brook Primary School (5 pts)
To “Elephant Rock” the Waterbury Reservoir day use area off Gregg Hill Rd. (10 pts )
On a trail you’ve never been on before (please identify if we haven’t mentioned already) (10 pts) *
To the chimney at the CCC Camp Smith (10 pts)
With a dog on the GMC’s Short Trail (10 pts)
To the Hedgehog Hill Trailhead (15 pts)
To the summit of Mountain near you (20 pts) *

CREATE

Make a snowperson on top of a mailbox (5 pts) *
Make a paper snowflake (5 pts) *
Write a Haiku about Winterfest (10 pts) *
Make your own jigsaw puzzle (15 pts) *
Participate in a Makersphere program (15 pts)
With a hand‐drawn map of Waterbury Village (15 pts) *
Knit or crochet something warm (20 pts) *

SNOW PLAY

Lick an icicle ( 5pts) *
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) *
Throw snowballs at a snowperson wearing a green scarf (10 pts) *
Write “Winterfest” in the snow with snowshoe footprints (15 pts) *
Make ice cream from snow (15 pts) *
Make a snowperson on the Waterbury Dam (15 pts)
Make a snow fort (15 pts) *

GIVE BACK

Compost your leftovers (5 pts) *
Pick up litter in a public place (10 pts) *
Send an actual (snail mail) thank‐you card to your local first responders (10 pts) *
Donate winter clothes (10 pts) *
Donate to the food shelf (15 pts) *
Give Cookies to a neighbor (15 pts) *
Use recycled materials to make a winter decoration (20 pts) *
Shovel a neighbor’s walkway (25 pts) *

NATURE

Identify one type of pine tree (10 pts) *
Build a working sundial in the snow (15 pts) *
Identify three different animal tracks (15 pts) *
Photograph a wild turkey (15 pts) *
Photograph a deer (15 pts) *
Visit the top of the Waterbury Dam (15 pts) *
Photograph a snow owl (25 pts) *

HUNKER DOWN

OUR PARKS

Play catch at Rusty Parker Park (5 pts)
Swing at Hope Davey Park (5 pts)
Stand on home plate at Dac Rowe Field (5 pts)
Practice Mountain Pose at Gazebo, Waterbury Center Park (10 pts)
Play with a dog at your local Dog Park (10 pts) *
Visit the peninsula’s end of Waterbury Center State Park’s universal trail (10 pts)
Do a cartwheel on Anderson Field tennis courts (10 pts)
Shoot hoops at your home court (10 pts) *