The third annual Royal City Big Chase is this weekend ready to send Guelphites through The Amazing Race-style challenge.
The chase is put on by Big Brothers, Big Sisters of Guelph. Teams of four will go through a series of 11 challenges and four scavenger sites in an effort to be one of three winners.
“Local businesses have partnered with us and have created challenges at their businesses that teams of four will be going around completing and then getting some clues and going around to their next challenge,” said Taylor Brick, fund development and communications coordinator for Big Brothers, Big Sisters of Guelph.
Registration ends at midnight Wednesday. The challenge starts at 8:15 a.m. on Oct. 14. Teams will meet at Joseph Wolfond Park West on 139 Cardigan St.
All ages are welcome to participate. The team captain has to be someone 18 or older. Each team should have access to a car.
Challenges are about 15 minutes long and the Royal City Big Chase will take about four hours to complete.
“I would say some are team bonding, some are challenging, some might get them outside of their comfort zone,” said Brick.
The challenge sites are popular destinations and businesses across Guelph stretching to locations on Woodlawn Road, Gordon Street and more. To get to the locations the teams will be driving in cars.
The Royal City Big Chase aligns with the mentorship programs Big Brothers, Big Sisters of Guelph offers by having people try new things, Brick said.
The teams have fundraising pages and a couple perks to getting ahead on some of the challenges depending on how much money they raised. For example if a team raised $200 they can start in the first heat of the challenge and if they didn’t raise any money they would start last, she said.
This year has been difficult in terms of fundraising and Big Brothers, Big Sisters of Guelph is not the only organization impacted, Brick said.
“Guelph has definitely been one of the most rewarding communities to work in. All of our community partners they know us they love supporting us, but it also gives us the chance to kind of showcase their businesses and recognize them and get to know people at the door,” she said.
Big Brothers, Big Sisters of Guelph is happy to work with the community in a city it loves with people who support the organization, Brick said.