Community invited to enter in St. Pat's Scavenger Hunt
The eighth annual Paint the Town Green St. Patrick's Day organizers have added a scavenger hunt to the festivities and are seeking entrants for the March 17-20 competition, which will be held throughout the Palatine area.
"The scavenger hunt will add an exciting new twist to the festivities," said event coordinator Liz Noe of ElizEvents. "Teams will have four days to take pictures and answer trivia from clues that will take them around the Palatine area. Different amounts of points will be given to each team based on the difficulty of the clue. The winning team, besides bragging rights, will receive a cash award and amazing prizes."
Applications for entry in the scavenger hunt are available until March 9 at www.stpatspalatine.com and on the day of the event at the Irish Market. For a fee of $20, teams of two to six people will take pictures and answer questions from provided clues at locations throughout the Palatine area.
Teams can pick up the clues and download the app at the Irish Market and then can immediately begin the hunt. Teams will have until midnight on Tuesday, March 20, to submit their answers for judging. The winning team will receive a package filled with merchant goodies and a cash prize.
"This is one of the very few St. Patrick's Day parades and celebrations in the Chicago area, and I'm excited to see it return to Palatine for its eighth year," said Noe.
"As during the last few years, the parade will march through downtown Palatine and will go right past the Irish Market. We anticipate a good deal of traffic at the Irish Market this year, with Irish dance demonstrations and music as well as with final registration for the photo scavenger hunt. Sponsorship, as well as applications for the parade and Irish Market, are still available at www.stpatspalatine.com."
The Paint the Town Green event continues to enhance Palatine's position as a destination town for public festivals. Sponsorship and advertising opportunities are available for interested area businesses. The premier sponsor and presenter of the festival is Durty Nellie's. The media sponsor is the Daily Herald Media Group. Other sponsors include Dr. Gerry Aylward-Chicagoland 4 Braces, Pan American Bank, CLASS Landscaping, AP ltd., Danico Enterprises and ElizEvents, Inc.
The festivities will begin with an Irish Market under a tent outside of Durty Nellie's, 180 N. Smith St., in downtown Palatine and runs from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. The parade, which begins at 11 a.m., as well as the Irish Market, will serve to collect food, clothing and donations for Journeys the Road Home, an organization serving the homeless and near-homeless in the North and Northwest suburbs.
The parade begins at the corner of Wood and Oak streets in downtown Palatine and continues west on Wood to Brockway and north to Colfax.
For information on the St. Patrick's Day celebration, visit www.stpatspalatine.com, email info@stpatspalatine.com or write to Paint the Town Green, P.O. Box 1996, Palatine, IL 60078.