RE: [Paddlewise] Assistance with fund raising event

At 11:36 AM 4/4/02 -0500, Sara Postlethwaite wrote:

>I am not a kayaker.  I am a member of the Leukemia Society Regatta
>Committee, Hampton Roads, VA, Chapter.  We are having the regatta in
>July in Deltaville, VA.
>I have been given the task of figuring out some
>event that could be incorporated with the paddle this year that would be
>fun and educational.
>Can anyone give me some ideas for events that could incorporate
>fund raising, be fun and educational?  I would appreciate all and every
>idea.

Have you ever heard of a "Poker Run"?  They're fairly popular as club 
events.  On the Sacramento-San Joaquin river delta I've seen groups of 
power boaters participating is such an event.  Essentially, everyone 
travels from 5 to 7 locations and eventually meets up at a final 
location.  At each stop, every "competitor" picks up a playing card, and 
once everyone arrives at the final location the person with the best hand 
wins some sort of prize.  In the example I witnessed all of the stops 
happened to be bars along the river so as each card was picked up it was 
usually accompanied with a drink or two.

A friend of mine attempted to run a dart tournament along the same course 
that had each player stop at a bar and pick up a card, and play a game,  at 
the end of the day the player with the best poker hand won something, as 
did the player with the highest combined score. Then she ran a dart 
tournament with all the players at the final location.  I didn't 
participate but I heard it got pretty sloppy.

Something like a poker run, but without the alcohol, might make an 
interesting  activity, especially if the stops were a bit hidden such that 
they required a bit of navigation to find.  Another variation could be done 
with the road rally type concept. Each paddler would not only have to find 
each waypoint, but they'd have to arrive with a certain window of time to 
get a card punched.
If some sort of navigation is involved, separate groups for GPS and non GPS 
users could be created.

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