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Raise for Kids, a Battlefords wide scavenger hunt from July 6-31, will replace Race for Kids as the Boys and Girls Club's primary fundraiser this summer. (Submitted photo/The Boys and Girls Club of the Battlefords)
Scavenger hunt

Boys and Girls Club announce scavenger hunt fundraiser

Jun 6, 2020 | 4:22 PM

The Boys and Girls Club of the Battlefords are hoping to get families across the region to explore the community with a new fundraiser this July.

Due to the cancellation of the annual Race for Kids event, the club was looking to replace it with another outdoor fundraiser to cover costs during the pandemic. Raise for Kids, a scavenger hunt for families, couples or individuals, will have participants search for 10 locations. Executive Director Nicole Combres said it isn’t a requirement to live in either the city or the town and hopes people visiting or stopping in the community will stick around for the hunt.

“All of the locations are outdoors, completely accessible,” Combres said. “So, it would be great if someone coming in for groceries, they can sign up and explore.”

Registration is 25 dollars, where the scavengers then have to document their finding of each of the locations between July 6-31. Combres said there will be some help to get participants started.

“The clues will be visual clues, they’ll have to go to that location and there’ll be a little task or fun fact about the location,” she said.

After having social media posts verified for the correct locations, participants are entered into draws, including a parent’s night out package, a family night in package and a grand prize $1,500 gift card to Co-op. Anyone can get additional entries into the draw by every $100 donation to the club for the gift card and by sponsoring other families’ participation in the scavenger hunt for additional entries in the other draws.

“That will give a family a chance to participate in the event that might not have the financial means to participate,” Combres said.

As the Battlefords went through the initial weeks of the pandemic, Combres said they had to adjust quickly in order to help as many families as possible. They plan to continue their pandemic support service through the funding from the event.

“We’ll continue to offer that until the world we find ourselves in begins to improve and the families that we are supporting are able to support themselves again.”

Robin Petersen of Blend Restaurant and Bar, who hosted the club’s announcement, said he hopes people throughout the community jump on board to participate.

“They’re one of the most important organizations in town,” he said. “They do a lot of really good work.”

More information will be available on the Boys and Girls Club of the Battlefords’ website.

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