SAVE THE DATE

Date: May 9 (tentative)

Time: 9:00 am - 5 pm (tentatively with options to choose fewer hours, narrowing to midday)

Location: Alexandria Old Town-- King Street, Waterfront, several stations around town

Registration will be limited to the first 100 participants (who will be grouped into squads) when our link goes live. 

Watch for interest meetings across the spring, likely coinciding with other CCW events like happy hours.

Family friendly event, dog-friendly for parts, fun for people of all ages and nothing too physically demanding unless you are hard-core. You WILL want to wear sneakers for comfort and some "rushing around" or jumping up and down with uncontainable excitement.

Who?  Cornell Club Members who become Squad Captains may invite non-Cornell Club members such as spouses, kiddos, significant others, visiting in-laws, your old roommate from the U-Halls or Cornell frat, friends onto their squads...

What to expect:  Join for a multi-hour event fashioned on the television reality show The Amazing Race. It will be a day of fun competition between 3-6 member squads. Just like the show, it will have some "rushing around," some problem-solving, scavenger-hunting, culture/history learning, obstacles, alliance-building, alliance-betraying, cut-throat strategy, and will include a community service activity that supports Stroke Smart. Annnnnnnnd just like the TV show, the winners of the race will get 1 meeeeeeeeeelion dollars!

What to do now:

1. Find out about The Amazing Race at Wikipedia. Episodes we recommend watching are posted in the Paramount app, but do not include the presently airing season (which is lame and not the usual format.)
2. Educate yourself and your potential teammates about Stroke Smartvia the Virginia Dept of Health web site https://www.vdh.virginia.gov/stroke/stroke-smart-virginia/  (Even a little prep ahead will help you win the race. So, too, will be participation in CCW events this spring. Just sayin.')
3. Watch the Cornell Club's home page and Events Section as well as INSTAGRAM for how to gear up.
4. Think about whom you'd invite (Cornell Club affiliates) to compete with you as part of your squad.  (Don't worry if you want us to put you onto a squad, instead.)
5. If you would like to be involved in ORGANIZING the event rather than being a participant, e-mail the CCW's VP for Community Service to join our extremely cool and fun-loving committee.  Seriously, we are laughing our a##s off as we design this thing. (See the CCW Board Directory for email address:   https://www.cornellclubdc.org/board)