Dear LBCC students. Today we would like to inform you about an incredible event that takes place every year here in Albany. The event is held by the Albany Downtown Association or ADA. What they do is give out these cards with pictures of historic places around Albany for you to track down. Under each picture is a space to record where you found them by street or common location to prove that you found the correct spot.
The Albany Downtown Association is located at 240 2nd Ave. SW #120. Any students interested in taking part in this event has two choices about how to be involved. The first choice would be to simply go into the ADA and ask for a score card to begin the hunt. This seems the best way because the kind volunteers have no issue with giving out little hints and ideas on how to find the targets.
The second way to get ahold of a scavenger hunt score card is to print one off the Albany Downtown Association's website at the following link, http://albanydowntown.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Scavenger-Hunt-Spring2013.pdf. This way you are able to start thinking about whether you may have already seen these places before you ever go downtown.
So as not to worry anyone, all locations are located in the Albany downtown area. "There are no tricks", says Mary, a volunteer helping to capture the community's interest, "Why would we call it a downtown scavenger hunt if you had to go some where else to find places?"
With summer finally arriving, this scavenger hunt is a great opportunity for families to get together and enjoy and walk through Albany's historic district and explore. "Once you start looking for specific details in the architecture of the building, you start noticing things that you never noticed before," says William, another volunteer, "I think seeing the difference between what was then and what is now is sure to spark interest in anyone interested in the history of their own town."
William also volunteers at the Albany Regional Museum located at 136 S Lyon St. as a tour guide. Here, one can walk through and see many different examples of how Albany has changed over time and as Mary hinted to me earlier, half of the locations to be found in the scavenger hunt can be referenced right in that room. A room full of historical artifacts and stories about our town.
As an added bonus, the Albany Regional Museum is also in coalition with Blue Sun Inc, an organization that works together with LBCC and the community to help support our veterans, who have returned from fighting for our country and are currently unemployed.
Participants should turn in their score cards by May 20th to be entered in the grand prize drawing and on the 22nd, the winner will be revealed at the Albany City Council Meeting. This mysterious prize is still yet to be revealed but why would they call it a grand prize if it isn't grand? Hurry in and pick up your score card and be a part of the history of your town today!
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