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Local team competes for GISHWHES 2014 August 2-9, 2014
Charles Town, WV – July 30, 2014 -- The 5th Annual GISHWHES (The
Greatest International Scavenger Hunt The World Has Ever Seen) is starting this
weekend, August 2, and will run until midnight on Saturday, August 9. This year a local team, Team #USSDestiel, will be competing in the international event.
Teams consist of 15 people and are comprised of members from all over the
Globe. Last year more than 14,000 people
from 69 countries participated in the event.
During
the Scavenger Hunt, teams are given a long list of hundreds of tasks to
accomplish, with points being awarded for creativity and execution of items.
Money raised from the hunt goes directly to Mr. Collins’ charity, Random Acts.
“We are very excited to be participating in the hunt this
year,” says Team Captain,
Jennifer Irving. “Misha’s tasks can
be quite challenging, but the idea of the hunt is to get out of our comfort
zones and do something that’s NOT normal.”
In past years, tasks have included creating clothing from
food, dressing up your car for prom, or having a tea party in an elevator. Tasks also include larger-scale items such as
flash mobs, large pillow fights, and having marching bands performing while spelling
out GISHWHES, or having local sanitation workers wear costumes while on their
route. Some tasks have even included
items such as having your picture taken next to a particle accelerator or
having a member of Congress wear a sock monkey hat.
Not all tasks are silly, though. Previous items have
included giving coats to homeless shelters, getting kids to clean up trash on
the beach, keeping someone company during dialysis treatment and other
exercises that help people in our community.
“Last year’s winning team had the support of businesses and
media in Seattle, to help them achieve tasks, and I’m convinced that the people
of DC could help
push our team over the top,” says teammate Sarah Brennan.
Team #USSDestiel would like to invite as many people as
possible to get involved by coming out to participate in tasks the week of
August 2-9. The team will be updating
their Twitter account to keep people up to date on challenges they’re
competing, or putting out calls for help.
You can keep up with their progress at
http://www.twitter.com/TeamUSSDestiel.
For more information on the event in general, you can
visit the GISHWHES site at http://www.gishwhes.com or Random
Acts at http://therandomact.org.
Contact Name: Jennifer@mill-irving
Contact Phone: 703-969-5292
