Blue Hippogriffs GISH 2018

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TIMELAPSE. (Under 45 seconds) "X" marks the spot... in your heart! Your mission: Devise a treasure map and deliver it to someone you care about. The treasure is a letter telling them how they have changed your life for the better. Deliver it to them & document their hunt & discovery.

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Earn a gold medal in the Bellyflop Olympics. You must have judges and large score cards present.

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Side-by-side portraits of you as you see yourself and you as the person who loves you best sees you (the second portrait must be made by your loved one, and afterward, you do this for them, too - though you don’t have to submit that).

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Sour Patch Kids. (We don't mean the candy. Actual kids.)

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The thesaurus is a type of dinosaur, and we don't want to hear any so-called “evidence” to the contrary. Dig one up and prove us right.

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It’s time for GISH Global Secret Santa. Create a list of 10 things you wish you had that would make your life (or the life of someone you love) easier. Make sure you have some inexpensive things in there. Post this list in the “FAVORITE QUOTE” section of your profile on the GISH app. Then, click around app users near you to look for their wishlists. Try to find one that has an item that you have (or that you can acquire) and give it to them to make their life easier. Contact that gisher and tell them you want to gift them one of their items. Post an image of the gisher with the item you gave them before the end of the hunt (with a sign that has their username). Not on the GISH app? Get it at bit.ly/GetGISHapp or do this one on social media instead, tagged #GISHSecretSanta.

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Children in the foster system often have no personal possessions. Fill a backpack with comforts, like a stuffed animal, blanket, a book, PJs, etc. and donate to your local foster organization. - Jennifer R H. (If you've already submitted with a pillowcase, you will still receive points.)

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Perform the chorus to your favorite song or your personal anthem in sign language. Please subtitle the song so that those who don’t know sign language can follow along.

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Tom Cruise is getting up there in years— and at advanced ages, sliding on a slippery floor in your socks gives a whole new meaning to the term, “Risky Business.” But luckily, Gishers are here to help! Your mission possible: Use puffy paint to add tread to the bottoms of socks so seniors don’t slide their way into an injury at care facilities. Deliver them and show us a photo of your creation along with a gift recipient.

Thank you to NIkki and family!

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What does it look like in your mind? Take us through a tour of your mind palace. (You may render or film this any way you wish. It’s your brain, after all.)

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It’s a FUNDRAISING FLASH FLOOD! Peace Tea has partnered with Random Acts to create a deluge of kindness messages across social media. For each like on their Instagram or Facebook "Peace Team's" links (on the page below), they’ll donate $1. For each share on Facebook or comment on Instagram, they’ll donate $2 to Random Acts. Your assignment: Convince at least 10 people (including members of your team) to go to each post and like, comment and/or share. Then upload a single image compilation of screenshots with every person’s contribution so we can track it. Instagram Post #1,Instagram Post #2, Instagram Post #3, Facebook Post #1, Facebook Post #2, & Facebook Post #3

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Let’s see you in a situation that we have seen in a cartoon. Freeze frame the cartoon image next to your photo. 

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(Up to 60 seconds). CALLING ALL GISHERS: There's one Thing you have always wanted to do, but you're scared. Maybe it's skydiving, riding a motorcycle, holding a tarantula, singing in public, or cliff diving... You get the idea. By the end of GISH week at least 3 gishers on your team will spit in the eye of fear, vanquish it and do their Thing. Submit a video compilation of each member of your team first explaining what they are scared to try (before they do it) and then, after they Do the Thing, telling us how it went.

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CHANGE A LIFE. Each year, Gishers come together to “Change A Life”, making a profound positive impact in the life of someone facing extraordinary hardship. In the past, you’ve helped a wounded warrior rebuild his family’s life, rescued homeless Syrian refugee families, and saved a ballet school in a poverty-ridden township South Africa to help at-risk students. This year, Random Acts is teaming with GISH and Giles Duley’s Legacy of War to help change the lives of women who’ve survived incredible hardship and loss: survivors of genocide in Rwanda. Together, we’re going to help a group of 100 hardworking women (many of them widowed from the genocide) build a sustainable farming cooperative and market, allowing them to achieve their dream of economic stability and independence. We need to raise $108,000. Let’s do it! We’ve created a Crowdrise page here: CHANGE A LIFE. DONATIONS ARE 100% TAX DEDUCTIBLE, AND 100% OF THE DONATIONS GOES TO THE RWANDAN GENOCIDE SURVIVORS (for countries other than the U.S., deductions are contingent on your laws). Your GISH Item is: Using the link above, create a Fundraising “page” for your team, and get family, friends, and others can donate. Since this is GISH and there’s always an extra twist to everything we do, here’s the deal: we also want you to get OTHERS to donate to your Crowdrise page. We know you don’t need “points” as an incentive to help these families, but since it is part of the Hunt, we want to maximize the power of these points to help. Get at least 10 donations from friends, family, individuals or businesses NOT on your team. You and your team members are welcome to donate to your campaign, but that is not a requirement for points— the Item requirement is to get at least 10 people to make a cumulative total of least 10 donations from donors who are NOT on your team. There is no minimum to donate for GISH purposes, but Crowdrise does require a minimum $10 donation be collected, and let’s all please encourage others to be generous so we can make a profound impact. SUBMIT a screenshot of your team’s page with a minimum of 10 donations on it. (To initially create a fundraising team, click the FUNDRAISE FOR THIS CAMPAIGN button.) If for any reason your team is unable to (or chooses not to) join this Crowdrise campaign, you may still get points for this Item by collecting goods or volunteering at least two hours of your time with any relief organization providing relief to anyone directly impacted by acts of war— refugees, disabled veterans, etc. SUBMIT PROOF YOU HAVE DONE THIS.(108 POINTS) If your team is in the top 10% of number of donations or dollar amount, you'll receive double points for this Item, so get in on this.

Thank you to our donors: Jeanine, Emma Haile, Ginger & Anthony, Allie Shephard, Brad Chiggaroti, Damian Wayne, Cindi Boyd, Jesse Dodd, Katheryn, Alexis Scott, Amanda Rich, Kimberly Underhill, and two anonymous donors. 

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Use the GISH APP (Get it her. e!) for this item if possible. Starting on Tuesday morning at 9AM PDT change your avatar to your favorite painting by Cezanne, Monet or Van Gogh. Find someone on the planet (who is not on your team) who has uploaded the exact same painting. Don't change your painting once you've picked it or plan out your painting in advance with other gishers. That's not the point of this Item. Screenshot your profile page (and have them do the same) and then submit them side by side. Your team must have at least 6 individuals with matching paintings. (Not on the GISH App? Take on this Item on social media tagged #GISHWorkOfArt.)

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We’ve seen a dominatrix, but what about a domiKNITrix? Show us the whips, the chains, corsets, the… yarn? Yep. Everything must be lovingly handcrafted from yarn.

Thanks to Katy and Francesca for our tools!

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TIMELAPSE. (Up to 45 seconds) IABDITN! Welcome to Mister Rogers' Short-Attention-Span Neighborhood. In this busy world, we truncate & abbreviate all our media for quicker consumption so we have more time to improve our communities. Your assignment: Dress up as Mister Rogers and, at high speed, move through your neighborhood helping people & sprucing up the neighborhood (picking up trash, doing yard work, etc). WUBMN?