DESCRIPTION
Come join us for the Great San Francisco Charity Scavenger Hunt. It's set to be a unique puzzle-solving urban adventure that will help you view San Francisco in a new light. Teams of 2-6 will solve encrypted clues, travel together to hidden spots, participate in challenges, and find unique people, places and murals. Proceeds from this event will be donated to the St. Francis Homeless Challenge, which focuses housing initiatives for the homeless population of San Francisco.
Players can come with a team already organized or can sign up individually and be paired to a team at the event. Be sure to bring some water, a pencil and a fully charged camera/phone and be ready travel all around the Mission District searching for clues and challenge pit-stops!
Check in will start at 1:30pm at Southern Pacific Brewing Company. Look for the girl with the trophy and top hat. The official rules will be provided and the scavenger hunt start will start promptly 2pm. The team with the most points wins the Scavenger Hunt Trophy and all winning team members get a free entry into a future event :).
Information:
What: Charity scavenger hunt in the Mission benefiting the Saint Francis Homelessness Challenge
Scavenger hunt start: Southern Pacific Brewing Company (620 Treat Ave), check-in starts at 1:30pm, official start time at 2pm. Late teams will be able to play, but won’t have as much time to complete the challenges
Bring: Pencil/pens, a fully charged cell phone, water and comfortable sneakers/shoes. Previous participants have mentioned that having a clipboard and scratch paper might be useful. You may use any resource to decode puzzles and any transportation method you want during the hunt.
Ages for the scavenger hunt: Our event is open to all ages and children are welcome to participate. However, at least one 21+ adult must be in each team and will be responsible for checking in at the start and the end of the scavenger hunt.
If you have any questions about the event please email us at hello@gr8ergoodgames.com. In addition, if you feel that the price of the ticket is too much but still want to participate, please email us and we can look into options of still having you participate.
We look forward to seeing you...happy hunt!
About La Vida Bonita
La Vida Bonita seeks to use the power of soccer, "the beautiful game", to bring together communities and spread awareness around mental health and poverty. We hope to use "the beautiful game" to help foster "the beautiful life".
About Gr8er Good Games
Gr8er Good Games produces puzzle- and clue- based urban adventure scavenger hunts throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. All our events incorporate social good, whether it be exploring the city, finding interesting and amazing nonprofit organizations, or hands-on challenges such as making sandwiches for the homeless or crafting hero capes for children in hospitals. All our events are fun, interactive, collaborative and explores public spaces in a unique way. We also host corporate teambuilding evens that help companies build and maintain strong teams.
About Saint Francis Homelessness Challenge
This local charity organizes with encampment residents, neighbors, volunteers, & City services to:
1) Assess and address health, sanitation, & safety conditions to increase livability, and reduce pain points for people who live or work in/near unsanctioned encampments.
2) Develop, pilot and lobby for interim secure shelter structures & transitional villages that support the current programming and needs of the City/DHSH
http://www.saintfrancischallenge.org/