Archive for May, 2008
HYP Junk Food Scavenger Hunt gives participants a different ‘taste’ of Tulip Time - Holland Sentinel (May 10, 2008)
By STEVE RALPH
The Holland Sentinel
Posted May 10, 2008 @ 06:00 AM
Holland, MI — Teams of four must stay together. Travel by foot — no cars allowed. Purchase from only Tulip Time vendors.
Pretzels, cotton candy, lemonade and caramel corn are 10 points each. Elephant ears, corn dogs and French fries are 15 points; fat balls are 45, and a plate of Thai food is 75.
Be back at New Holland Brewing Co., 66 E. Eighth St., by 7:30 p.m., sharp! The team with the most points wins … if they can still walk.
That’s the game Holland Young Professionals plays each year at its HYP Junk Food Scavenger Hunt, held this year on Thursday, May 8, to introduce Tulip Time to area newcomers and provide some fun for regular members.
“It’s always got this connotation of being more for older crowds, but really, Tulip Time is just about having a good time,” said Holland Young Professionals co-founder and President Barry Rice.
“You don’t get a lot of chances to go downtown and eat junk food,” he said.
“I think it’s a great idea,” said Shannon Biros, 29, of Grand Haven, a chemistry teacher at Grand Valley State University who had never experienced Tulip Time before she and her friend, Megan Olson, 27, were invited to the scavenger hunt.
“I didn’t know there was a downtown in Holland,” said Olson, a student at Baker College in Muskegon.
After an hour racing up and down Eighth Street, Biros and Olson thought their work was done, but their teammates — Yednesh Parnaik, 30, an engineer at Johnson Controls, and Hilary Macay of Holland, a Holland Young Professionals regular, were bent on securing the all-important 75-point plate of Thai food.
Unfortunately, the only vendor offering it was on Chicago Drive past Sixth Street and Raman’s Party Store — a good hike, which the team took at a sprint.
When they finally arrived back at New Holland at 7:30, out of breath and stuffed to the gills, they awaited the announcement of the winning team, confident that their 410 points would catapult them to the top.
Alas, another team ate enough fatty, sugary stuff to amass a whopping 450 points, and won the top prize of four $15 gift certificates to New Holland Brewing Co.
“And, of course, the glory,” said event organizer and game judge Colleen Huddas.
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May Newsletter - The SociaList Issue
Want to know what’s going on in West Michigan as well as other parts of Michigan… then you need to start reading this newsletter. Great info! Written by and for young professionals.
http://www.milifemitimes.com/newsletter/2008/05/
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| May 1, 2008 | ||
| 5:30 pm |
Attention all Committee Members!! HYP is hosting an All-Committee meeting on Thursday, May 1st at 5:30pm. If you have ideas on how HYP can be better or are interested in the direction of the organization please plan on attending. We will be discussing our recent survey results and allowing each committee to present on their current and future activities and then open it up to all HYP topics.
Who: HYP Board members, Committee chairs and co-chairs and all members of HYP committees
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5:30 - Welcome
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