LCWM Holiday Hike Challenge

Name: LCWM Holiday Hike Challenge
Start: 2020-12-21T00:00:00-05:00
End: 2021-01-17T23:59:59-05:00

Second Saturdays

From 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on the second Saturday of every month, we will host a volunteer event that focuses on ecological restoration activities including invasive species removal, seed collecting, and native plant installation. Volunteers may also be involved with trail maintenance, general clean-up, or other tasks that help visitors better enjoy our magnificent natural areas.

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LCWM Holiday Hike Challenge

December 21, 2020 - January 17, 2021

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Find a bow, snap a photo, win prizes!

This holiday season, busy elves from the Land Conservancy of West Michigan have hung a big red bow on one tree at a number of our nature preserves. If you find them, you could have a chance to win some cool prizes!

How to Enter

Hike Explore a preserve and look for the tree with the bow between December 21, 2020 and January 17, 2021.
Snap Take a selfie next to the decorated tree.
Post Share the photograph to Instagram and tag @naturenearby*, or email the photo to lcwm@naturenearby.org. Include the species name of the tree the bow is affixed to in the caption to be entered twice!
*Note: Your Instagram profile must be public for us to see and count your entries!

Rules & Guidelines

One photo submission per family per preserve
Photo should clearly show bow with tag indicating preserve name
Submissions will be accepted starting at 12:00 am on December 21 through 12:00 am on January 17.

Prizes

Grand Prize: Weekend stay at a Lake Michigan cottage

The first person to find and submit photos of all 16 bows wins the grand prize of a weekend stay at a cottage on Lake Michigan, generously donated by Larry and Betsy Willey. Located in the Holland area, the cottage has 6 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms and sleeps 12. Availability is limited to spring and fall weekends. Must be redeemed in 2021.

Second Prize: Guided hike for 4 with lunch

The first person to correctly identify the most trees will win a guided hike of one of the Land Conservancy’s nature preserves and lunch for 4, on us. Must be redeemed in 2021.

Drawing

All photo submissions will be entered into a drawing for additional prizes. You do not need to visit all preserves to be eligible for the drawing!

You could win:

$50 gift card to Brewery Vivant/Broad Leaf Local Beer
2 tea towels with nature-themed designs by artist Hallie LeBlanc (Trillium & Twig Fine Art)
$25 gift card to Forest Hills Foods
LCWM Hat
2 sets of 4 notecards featuring artwork inspired by LCWM protected natural areas
LCWM Sticker