Teams of two will receive SMS text message clues directing them to locations around Boston, where they will be required to complete fun and challenging tasks before racing back to the finish line.
Winners will receive a New England Patriots Prize pack for two (1st Place), Dinner at MASA & a $50 Gift Certificate to the Rattlesnake Bar & Grill (2nd Place), or a $100 Gift Certificate to Trader Joe’s (3rd place).
A portion of all proceeds for the race will be donated to the HEART (Helping At-Risk Tenants) Program, a new homelessness prevention program developed by ABCD, Inc. to help families and children avoid crisis during the winter season, before they are at immediate risk for entering the overcrowded and overburdened state shelter system.
What: Nutfit Adventure Race: Experience the ultimate mind-body challenge?
• Teams of two receive five initial clues via SMS text message.
• Each clue leads to a specific FIT point (location).
• At each FIT point, teams will text message a response to the clue, complete a specific task, take a picture, and receive one additional clue via SMS text message.
• Each Team will receive a total of 10 clues.
• Once all 10 clues are solved, Teams will race back to the finish line.
When: Saturday, November 14, 2009 @ 12:00pm EST, lasting a maximum of five hours (until 5pm). Registration occurs from 10:30am to 11:30am.
Where: Rattlesnake Bar /384 Boylston St. / Boston, MA / 02116. Nutfit encourages all competitors to use public transportation when traveling to and from the Rattlesnake. There is also paid garage parking available at the Back Bay T-station.
Why: Fifty percent of proceeds will help families and children stay warm this winter as a donation to the HEART (Helping At-Risk Tenants) Program. The registration fee is $100 per team and $80 per team (students – must show ID at day of race).
Register: www.nutfit.com
Nutfit, Inc. is a unique health and fitness company providing unified services for mind and body. With locations throughout Boston, Nutfit not only offers high-power, challenging fitness camps but also customized nutritional counseling, power yoga, group therapy, and an online social network with forums, diet and exercise tracking tools, and more. See: http://www.nutfit.com/
HEART (Helping At-Risk Tenants) is a program that targets at-risk families to prevent homelessness and stabilize their living conditions before they seek emergency shelter. With Community Housing Specialists in several Boston neighborhoods to provide individualized case management, HEART offers clients valuable resources such as access to affordable housing, financial literacy education, career counseling, landlord tenant mediation, and much more. For more information on HEART, see:
http://www.bostonabcd.org/
HEART is one of a variety of services provided by ABCD, Inc., which also offers fuel assistance to help qualifying applicants pay their heating bills from November to May, Head Start for young children, financial futures programs, food pantry, health services, adult education, job development, elder services, and more. For more information, see: www.bostonabcd.org.
Sponsors for the Nutfit Adventure Race include:
• The Rattlesnake Bar & Grill (http://www.rattlesnakebar.com)
• MASA (http://www.masarestaurant.com)
• Trader Joe's (http://www.traderjoes.com)
• City Sports (http://www.citysports.com)
• Cortiva Institute (http://www.cortiva.com)
• Vitamin Shoppe (http://www.vitaminshoppe.com)
For more information, please contact James Moore at (617) 821-4511 or jamesmoore@nutfit.com
