Great Falls Optimist Club
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2008 Spring Festival Treasure Hunt for Children and Treasure Chest for Adults
Ahoy, mateys! This year, the traditional children's egg hunt is being transformed into a Treasure Hunt, complete with candy in "hidden" plastic eggs and a real pirate, Captain Cornelius Kidd who just happens to have a MAGIC EYE! He will be carousing around the festival, gathering his mates to help him find the treasures to bring back to his ship.
As they have
done for nearly 20 years, Adeler Jewelers is donating $5000 worth of gems that
will be hidden in 8000 eggs that will be scattered around the Village Green.
Children will hunt for eggs in sections of the Green according to their age: One
area will be
This year,
for the first time, there will also be a
Treasure Chest for the
adults.
Why should the kids
The following is a partial list of donors and the treasures they contributed to the Treasure Chest:
Hill Signature Portraits Studio - Photo Session and 8 X 10 photo Old Brogue Irish Pub - Dinner for 2 Katie's Coffee House - Gift Certificate Georgetown Learning Center - SAT Prep Class United Wellness Center - Massage United Wellness Center - DC United tickets Equestrian Enterprises - 2 hours horseback riding Mediterranee Restaurant - Gift certificate, lunch for four La Petite Spa - $100 Gift certificate Math Tree - $100 off summer camp Merrifield Garden Center - $50 gift card Chick-Fil-A - 10 gift cards for Chicken Sandwich Combo Anne McKay Counseling - 2 Redskins tickets plus parking L'Auberge Chez Francois - Gift Certificate Great Falls Florist - Silk flower arrangement Turner Framing - Custom framed map of Great Falls Vendome Spa - $30-$35 off facials Ashton Imaging - Session and 8X10 Reston National Golf Course - 4 rounds of golf, plus carts Trinity Fitness and Spa - 1 month membership, 1 hour personal trainer, 1 hour pilates Pilar Organic Skincare Studio - Free 100 minute facial Dante's Restaurant - $100 Gift certificate for lunch Classic Wines - $50 Gift certificate Salon O Tony - 2 $50.00 Gift Certificates Maison et Jardin - 8 $25.00 gift certificates Cathy's Corner - Gift Basket and party for 20 people worth $200 Billy Casper Golf - 4 rounds of golf, plus carts at Virginia Oaks Golf Club Sohela Haghdon - 40 gold plated necklaces Pizzarama - 100 slices of pizza (no, not all for one person!)
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aside for children age 3 to 4; another for ages 5 to 7; and a third section for
children ages 8 to 10. This year, the toddlers treasure hunt will still be
available at any time during the festival but it will now be located in the
southwest section of the Green. As always, toddlers aged 1 through 2 can be
accompanied by a parent. Because the Green will be divided into age-group
sections, we will create a path to allow parents and their little treasure
hunters to cut through the Green to reach the appropriate entrance. Parents will
also be allowed to stand in this path to take photographs of the melee that is
sure to take place once the pirate gives the go-ahead for the hunt to begin.
Of course, Captain Kidd will be in charge of starting the treasure hunt at
2:00. Before his little mates will be allowed to enter the treasure hunt
area though, Captain Kidd will visit each entrance and have a talk with them.
After asking them to raise their hands to show their wristbands, proving that
they are indeed his mates, Captain Kidd will explain that the treasure chests
(empty eggs) should be put in the ship's "bins" after the hunt. No doubt he'll
be plenty angry when he discovers that his mates have confiscated the loot
inside the eggs! 
have
all the fun? For a mere $10 per ticket (3 for $25), adults can win prizes
ranging from a portrait studio session at Hill Signature Portraits to Redskin
tickets to valuable gift certificates for dinners, spa treatments and more.
After buying their tickets, each person will select a mini treasure chest (when
the Captain is not looking, of course) from the "buried" treasure chest on the
festival grounds, and open it to see what prize he or she won. Donors and
winners will be announced between music and entertainment sets throughout the
festival.