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Scavenger Hunt

Read before you go - “Be Kind to Cemeteries: Tips for respectfully visiting burial grounds.” 

Award Ceremony: Sunday, October 29, 3 PM at the Elmendorph Inn. See details.

Everyone who submits a scavenger hunt gets a participation prize, no matter how much you’ve finished. Plus, you will be entered into a raffle for a chance to win the grand prize basket of your choosing!

Submit your answers before 11:59 PM FRI., OCT. 20
(if you’re competing simply for a participation prize, you can bring your scavenger hunt to the award ceremony)

Tips before your adventure begins:

Watch where you step in the graveyard, there are plenty of places to twist an ankle. Many of the headstones are very old and therefore delicate, so do not touch the stones, NO QUESTIONS require touching the headstones or making a rubbing. Remember that this is a graveyard: explore, learn, and enjoy respectfully.

How to participate:

  • Print out a workbook to record your answers while you are on the hunt. (You can also pick one up on the back door of the Elmendorph Inn).

  • Check in at all 6 cemeteries by finding the Cemetery Crawl sign and recording the code indicated on the sign in your workbook.

Submit your answers before 11:59 PM FRI., OCT. 20 by either:

  • Dropping your workbook off at StoryStudio open hours (5 Cherry St., Tuesdays 10 am - 12 pm and 2- 4 pm and the 1st Saturday of the month 10 am - 12 pm)

  • Dropping your workbook off in the lockbox by back door of the Elmendorph Inn (7562 N. Broadway)

  • Uploading your answers online using our google form.

Prizes:

  • Everyone who submits a workbook gets a participation prize, no matter how much you’ve finished, plus, you will be entered into a raffle for a chance to win the grand prize basket of your choosing.

  • Collect more points to get more entries in the raffle.

  • **You must be present at the Award Ceremony to collect your prize.**

  • Baskets:

    • Graveyard Gazer - Best suited for individual adults or partners

      • Includes: 6 month subscription to Ancestry.com; The Family Tree Cemetery Field Guide: How to Find, Record, and Preserve Your Ancestors' Graves by Joy Neighbors; bottle of local Rose Hill Cider; HRH baseball hat

    • Cemetery Crawlers - Best suited for families with children

      • Includes: The Geocaching Adventure Crate - Learn to Geocache Box for Kids; I Spy Spooky Night: A Book of Picture Riddles; In a Dark, Dark Room and Other Scary Stories; Once Upon a Time: A Storytelling Kit for Making Family Memories Into Tales; Holy Cow Ice Cream Gift Card

    • Taphophile-in-Training - Best suited for single young adult, age 12+

    • Tombstone Trekkers - Best suited for teams of 3 or more, all ages

      • Includes: Keri Smith Deluxe Boxed Set: Wreck this Journal, This Is Not a Book, Mess, and The Pocket Scavenger; Dixit, a storytelling board game; Salvatore’s Gift Card; cemetery stickers

Points

  • General Questions (2 points each, 20 questions) = 40 pts

  • Challenge Questions ( 5 pts each, 4 per cemetery, 6 cemeteries) = 120 pts

  • Bingo for bonus points( 10 pts per row/diagonal, 12 rows) = 120 pts

  • Total points possible: 280

Entries for Grand Prize Baskets

  • Every 20 points gets you another entry in the raffle:

    • 1-20 pts = 1 entry

    • 21-40 pts = 2 entries

    • 41- 60 pts = 3 entries

    • …

    • 261-280 = 14 entries (Most possible entries.)

  • **Hint: divide total pts by 20 to find out how many entries you get!**