Downtown Modesto nonprofit launches game to get people outside while social distancing
Looking to get outdoors to ease cabin fever from the COVID-19 pandemic stay-home order? A downtown group has a mobile game to help.
The Downtown Modesto Partnership (DoMo) is offering its DoMo Hunt through downtown, a free scavenger hunt to enjoy on a walk with “your quarantine crew,” according to a press release.
“This is a game for users to explore their community, all while practicing social distancing. The way this game is played is currently within the recommended guidelines coming from (the) Stanislaus County Public Health Department,” the release said.
Participants do not have to touch anything or interact with anyone outside their own group to play.
The hunt tracks down historic facts, word puzzles, street art and “hidden treasures,” played from mobile smart phones, the release said.
“We could all use a little pick-me-up these days,” Josh Bridegroom, CEO of Downtown Modesto Partnership, said in a press release, “and our staff has been providing extra cleaning and sanitation services to public spaces, so downtown guests can feel more comfortable being out and about.”
How the game works
To play, participants go downtown near the DoubleTree Hotel for the walking game that will take about an hour and a half, according to the release. Then go to TheDoMoHunt.com and follow the instructions to play.
DoMo launched the mobile game at the end of last year with a price of $20, but the charge is being lifted until April 30.
For the winner, there will be a $100 gift certificate to a downtown restaurant of the winner’s choice. To be entered to win, “players should post a picture or video of their team enjoying the DoMo Hunt and tag @domodistrict in it, being sure to include #domohunt and description of how their team is enjoying the day,” the release said.
“The mission of the Downtown Modesto Partnership is to improve the quantity and quality of experiences in downtown,” Bridegroom said in the release. “Those experiences are most often framed by human interactions. While it’s not in our collective interest to increase the quantity of human interaction during this trying pandemic, the entire world is learning the incredible value of quality human interaction.”
This story was originally published April 9, 2020 at 1:48 PM.
