Date: June 18, 2020
The Economic Development and Tourism Department, and Destination Downtown Waynesboro announce the beginning of Wake Up Waynesboro – a fun, interactive game to help residents explore our downtown, and get reacquainted with downtown merchants. We have all been waiting patiently for our beloved stores and restaurants to reopen while practicing the safe and safer at home guidelines. Now that Virginia is entering Phase Two of the reopening plan, we can get out and explore, but still follow the Forward Virginia guidelines.
“Wake Up Waynesboro is a combined scavenger hunt and bingo game that provides folks an opportunity to get out of the house and have a little fun rediscovering the community, all while supporting our resilient downtown merchants,” says Jennifer Callison, Tourism and Marketing Manager for Waynesboro. “Bingo can be achieved by making certain types of purchases, such as coffee, pizza, or gift cards; identifying partially disclosed landmarks and snapping a photo; or a combination of those activities.”
Local merchants have generously contributed gift cards and other merchandise for prizes for completed Bingo Cards. In addition to a random drawing at the end of the promotion, there are several special prizes and drawings:
- First 100 completed submissions will receive a “Wake Up Waynesboro” t-shirt
- First completed card will win $100 in merchant gift cards
- First “blacked out” bingo card (check off all 25 squares) will win $200 in merchant gift cards
- On the first four Fridays in July, entries from the preceding week will be pooled and drawn from for $50 in merchant gift cards
- Random drawing from all cards that identify all of the landmarks on the card will win a framed photo print of one of your own photos
- Every submitter will receive a packet of coupons from participating merchants
The promotion ends on July 31, 2020. To be eligible for the random drawing, all completed cards must be received by August 3, 2020.