Wanderlust Challenge is COMPLETE!!!
We thank our participants, sponsors and volunteer leaders who encouraged us
to get get out
and play in a safe way.
Instead of gathering together this year, we enjoyed these
Winterfest Challenges while following COVID protocols.
Stay tuned for Week 4 Prize Drawings and Grand Prize Announcements!!
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, and a team can earn points one time for each activity (e.g. cannot build two snow forts).
- 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 entrants 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 Northfield Savings Bank Sign (15 pts)
- To the summit of a 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 from picture of Community National Bank logo, sign or banner (15 pts) *
- Participate in a Makersphere program (15 pts)
- Draw map of Waterbury Village (15 pts) *
- Name the NEW Winterfest Fat Tire bike (15 pts) * Additional prize for winning entry!!
- Get a craft bag via curbside pick-up at library, create an item, and take a picture (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) *
- Create a video of Snow Football Touchdown Celebration Dance (10 second max) (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) *
- Visit Camels Hump Mountain trailhead (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

- Play a board game (5 pts) *
- Bake Cookies (5 pts) *
- Share Cocoa with someone in your household (5 pts) *
- Virtually visit a zoo/aquarium (10 pts) *
- Participate in an online Yoga class (15 pts) *
- Camp in a tent inside your home (15 pts) *
- Play a homemade board game (25 pts) *
OUR PARKS
- Play catch at Rusty Parker Park (5 pts)
- Visit the picnic pavilion at Dac Rowe 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) *
- Strike a famous “Bernie” pose in the park of your choice (15 pts) * extra points if you have SWITTENS

EXPLORE

- Visit Henry Janes’ grave (5 pts)
- Hold a Heady Topper (unopened) (5 pts) *
- Visit the smokestack at the State Complex (5 pts)
- Visit your local Ice Center (5 pts) *
- Show a recent receipt from any Waterbury Restaurant (10 pts)
- Sit on the bench at GMCR visitor center (10 pts)
- Track down the “Cowmobile” (10 pts)
- Zoom a Waterbury Select Board Meeting (10 pts) *
- Lean against Snowmobile Vermont sign (10 pts)
- Eat a cider donut under a solar panel (15 pts)
- Waterbury Public Library—use loaner snowshoes and hike at Dac Rowe (15 pts)
- Your favorite Yoga pose in front of Kate Greenleaf Massage Therapy & Yoga sign (15 pts)
- Visit the new VBS office location (15 pts)
- Eat Pub Nachos (in person or takeout) from Blackback Pub (15 pts)
- Visit Lawson's Finest Liquids retail drive through (20 pts)
- Find where Wall Street meets S. Main Street in Waterbury (20 pts)
- Visit Red Hen Bakery Café and take a picture enjoying one of their treats (20 pts)
- Capture a SunCommon vehicle and #SunCommon to promote on social media (20 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).
In text box, please indicate which activity links to which photo
Leaderboard
Team Name | Identifier | Cumulative Points |
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Cherry |
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890 |
Onyx |
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890 |
Ourtribe |
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790 |






















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