Sign Up For A Sandy Hook Scavenger Hunt April 17-25

HIGHLANDS, NJ — Did you know that federally-designated National Park Week is April 17 - 25? In honor of this week, which celebrates America's beautiful national parks, the Sandy Hook Foundation is hosting "Hunt the Hook," an outdoor scavenger hunt for all ages.

This is the first year the Sandy Hook Foundation has done the scavenger hunt.

Each team (up to five participants) can register with a $15 donation to the Sandy Hook Foundation and then has seven days, from April 17 -25, from dawn to dusk, to decipher clues, find the locations within Sandy Hook, and provide and submit proof through submission of photos or sketches.

"Finding answers to all the clue will take your team throughout the park on an adventure like no other!" says the Sandy Hook Foundation.

The winning team receives a 2021 summer parking pass to Sandy Hook (valid from Memorial Day - Labor Day), a $100 gift card to The Lusty Lobster in Highlands and a basket of Sandy Hook Foundation swag!

Register here: www.sandyhooknj.org, via Text to Give (text SANDYHOOKHUNT to 44-321) or by contacting info@sandyhooknj.org or 732-291-7733 to learn more.

There are also sponsorship levels allow for free team registration and marketing for your business or organization.

Sandy Hook is a 2,044 acre federal park and peninsula extending between the Raritan Bay and Atlantic Ocean.

"With seven ecosystems, miles of ocean and bay beaches, and Fort Hancock, a federally designated National Historic Landmark, there is so much to see and do," says the Sandy Hook Foundation.

For more information about The Sandy Hook Foundation, please visit https://www.sandyhooknj.org or call 732-291-7733.

HUNT the HOOK- A Scavenger Hunt

During the third week in April over seven days time,
Solve clues that arrive as riddles or rhymes.
Structures on Sandy Hook could be key,
Or places of interest there, historically.

You won’t take any “things” from the park,
Leave only your footprints before it gets dark.
Don’t forget that once you have solved all the clues,
Your answers require proof; your photos will do!

HUNT the HOOK is game for all,
Yet please have an adult, so none go A.W.O.L.
Clues will be varied, by scope, form, and site,
But once you’ve concluded, win you just might!

When you visit Sandy Hook during National Park Week,
Please mind the rules (really not unique);
Stay six feet apart from others at play,
And wear your mask when close, inside of Gateway.

The game is afoot!

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