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The weather outside may be frightful, but car scavenger hunts are delightful.
Local party planning company, Rock Paper Scissors Custom Events successfully turned their business into a virtual trivia party offering last year when COVID hit. Founded by Kristen Mitrakis and Rachel Lampen, they will continue to do online events and smaller ‘in person’ parties but were looking to add something fresh and family-focused to add to their repertoire. That’s when they came up with the novel idea of creating car-based scavenger hunts.
The first to launch was a 45-minute drive around New Canaan, CT, solving clues and unscrambling letters. The beneficiary is Meals on Wheels of New Canaan. In just over one month, the community has raised $500 for the charity. The route will be drivable until end of April 2021.
Car scavenger hunt launches in Ridgefield
Greg Marku
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RIDGEFIELD A new way to explore Ridgefield and have some COVID-safe fun has come to town.
Local party planning company, Rock Paper Scissors Custom Events, launched its scavenger hunt in Ridgefield this week with some of the proceeds going to the town’s social services department.
Founders Kristen Mitrakis and Rachel Lampen, who both live in New Canaan, launched in September with virtual events and trivia, but they wondered what to do for smaller kids and their families to get out of the house. That’s when they came up with idea of creating car-based scavenger hunts.