What are you looking for?

By Andy Craig and Bob Stevens

On Monday night, some 30 to 40 Annandale students left the Annandale High School parking lot armed with digital cameras and prepared to thoroughly embarrass themselves all for the sake of competition. On February 2, high school students involved in Young Life collaborated at the jock lobby to start their scavenger hunt. Young Life is a Christian organization where high school students can hang out and have fun with their peers. It is held every Monday night usually from 8 to 9 p.m at a member's house. On these nights at Young Life there are many activities to do, such as singing, capture the flag, bowling and in this case, a scavenger hunt.
Sophomore Melvin Robinson walked up to a police car late on Monday night and asked "Sir, may I please sit in your car."
Why? This was one of many activities that could have been done during this past Monday's scavenger hunt.
There was a list of 30 tasks to be completed in a one-hour time limit.
"My favorite task was braiding a random girl's hair," said sophomore D' Angelo Boyce.
This was another one of the many random tasks that could have been completed in your time limit. The points ranged from 10 points to 50 points. For instance, one task was to serve food at a fast food restaurant, which was worth 40 points and was one of the highest ranked point values on the list.
"We asked the manager if we could serve the food to the customers for her. Then she looked at us like we were crazy, but she let us do it anyway," said junior Joe Turner.
Another task on the list, worth a lower amount of points, was to carry a stranger's groceries to their car. This odd job was worth 15 points. There was also an option on the list to create your own task for your team to perform and these made-up tasks were given points based on how funny the action was.
"I sang a Disney song to a women in the Safeway for my random task, but then she ran away," said senior Cason Kynes.
Everyone that participated in the event was divided into teams of four or five people, and every team had a driver to get them from place to place to perform their various tasks. Sophomore Nathan Miller was riding in senior John Copenhaver's car along with other sophomores and some freshmen.
"I rode with Cope, and we just went around doing crazy things. It was a lot of fun."
The team with the most points was deemed the winner of the Young Life scavenger hunt, and received prizes for their victory. All the members of the team got to choose between a best buy gift card or a Young Life apparel as their prize.
Other than going out to do crazy things, Mondays with Young Life can be spent in some one's basement where there are many ridiculous games, hilarious skits, and loud music that will make you want to get up and dance. All of these activities are leading up to the biggest Young Life event of the year. This event is held during the summer and it is a one-week camp with even more enjoyable activities to do. This year's summer camp will be held in New York. These seven fun-filled days are a great experience to all that are interested.
"I am really excited for this year's trip to New York. I have never been to Young Life camp but I am looking forward to it. All my friends tell me it is will be the best week of my life," said sophomore Nathan Miller.

By Alan Weintraut |  February 18, 2009; 12:58 PM ET
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