Let Us Scavenge for EliMiNaTe It is a beautiful Saturday afternoon. What are you doing? Are you lying in bed nursing that nasty hangover from the night before or are you going on an embarrassingly fun scavenger hunt with your friends? Clearly, we all know the answer to that one, but for now let us pretend that you said the scavenger hunt. Circle K just had its Eliminate Scavenger Hunt and we saved over 200 mothers and all their children! Talk about something to brag about to all of your family when you go home for Thanksgiving break. Just picture it now. Your mom talking to your stuck-‐up cousin from out-‐of-‐town saying, “Oh, your son got into medical school? That is nice, but my son saved over 200 people.”
For those of you who could not make it to the event, do not start beating yourself up for it, even though you should. Everyone had a blast that day! From the E-‐Board setting up and hanging out to the teams going and taking crazy pictures, really all we did was laugh. One of the tasks was to “twerk with a senior citizen.” Do you think that stopped anyone from getting those 3 points? It did not! A few groups took videos of themselves twerking with the lovely people. As the E-‐Board was putting their brains to work tallying up the scores, the teams and Circle K’ers went straight over to the activities. Everyone made his or her first pit stop at the mural for Eliminate. Dipping your hand in the royal blue paint gave you the opportunity to really get your hands dirty and leave your mark. Immediately afterwards, the crowd moved over to duct tape origami, face painting, or the very popular, henna. Personally, I tried to make something out of duct tape, but since I lack all creative ability, it came out looking like a hot mess. So naturally, I had a girl paint my face to look like a cat – whiskers and all.
The best part of the night came along – free food. The table was swarmed with starving students ready to scarf down everything in sight. Full warning: never get in the way of a college student and free food -‐ it will not end well. Eventually, it was time to announce the winner – Veggie Burgers. It was amazing to watch their faces light up when they found out they won the grand prize, which was a free TV.
This event was one to remember and all thanks goes to the beautiful Krishna Tejani, our Eliminate Committee Chair. We are definitely looking forward to 7 her next event for this inspiring cause!
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