Is your family looking for fun activities to do outside of the house?

New to town? Are you wanting to become more familiar with what the Ankeny Area businesses have to offer?

Want to help support local Ankeny Area businesses?

Join us for Discover Ankeny to complete a special mission in 2020!

Your mission, if you choose to accept it.... is to complete special missions through a scavenger hunt while discovering & exploring Ankeny Area businesses. This won't be your traditional scavenger hunt though! See full details below.

Sign up your team & join us on our game app to submit some fun photos/short videos of your team completing missions. The more businesses you visit & the more engagement your team has increases your chances of winning specialty prizes from our participating businesses as well as a chance for the grand prizes!

Team Registration (up to 4 people) - $40

Registration includes:

Game platform access
$10 gift card to an Ankeny Area business
A bag of special promotional items & deals from participating businesses
Opportunity to win over 30 individual prizes!
Exclusive discounts & special offerings from participating businesses

*Only one team member will need to register their team; the email address given at registration will serve as the Team Captain & will be the only person logging into the game app.

What kind of prize winnings are available?

Grand Prizes
- 1st Place - $300 value*
- 2nd Place - $200 value*
- 3rd Place - $100 value*

*Winning value will be 50% in a Visa gift card & 50% products valuing half of the winnings from Ankeny Area businesses

(example: 1st place = $150 Visa gift card & $150 worth of products from local Ankeny Area businesses)

Prizes from Ankeny Area businesses
- A variety of prizes from Ankeny Area businesses will be available to win - visit our Discover Ankeny Facebook Event to see announcements of what kind of prizes will be available.

How to win?

How to Win Grand prizes
- Most mission points earned
  - Each mission will have a pre-assigned point value that is awarded upon submission
  - Bonus missions will also be available throughout the game at varying times
How to Win Additional Prizes (AKA - More Chances to Win!)
- Discover Ankeny will be giving out an additional 25+ prizes provided by our sponsoring businesses
- Winners could win these prizes in 3 different ways:
  - Supporting participating businesses! - Making a purchase or booking a service when you complete your mission could earn you a chance to win a prize. Snap a photo of your purchase or booking to enter
  - Most likes on your photo/video submission via the game app news feed (It could pay to like other teams photos!)
  - Best photo/video submission (selection will be made by the Discover Ankeny Committee)

Other Game Information:

Game App
- Directions on how to download the app and access the Discover Ankeny game will be sent to teams in your registration confirmation email
- Discover Ankeny game will go live on November 9, 2020 @ 9:00 am
- Team Captain (team member who registers your team) will manage team entry into the game app.
Mission Activities:
- A list of missions will be released starting on November 9th
- Missions will be available to complete between November 9, 2020 - November 16, 2020
- Missions will range in point value and are clearly listed in the game app
- Visiting participating businesses during business hours may be required to complete some missions
- Photo, video, text or GPS location submissions through the game platform will be required to earn mission points; submission type will vary based on type of mission
Special Bonus Missions - Available for limited times during the game
- Points will vary with these bonus missions
- Locations will vary for these bonus missions
- Announcements of bonus missions will be made in the notifications section of the game app
- Bonus missions are available for a limited time to complete
- Additional costs may be associated with bonus missions (see below for more details)
Opportunities to Earn Bonus Points*
- Support Local Businesses
  - Making a purchase or booking a service when you complete your mission? Snap a photo of your purchase or booking and earn an extra 250 points each time you support a business!
- Visit more businesses & earn bonus points!
  - 10 businesses visited = 250 bonus points
  - 20 businesses visited = 250 bonus points
  - All businesses visited = 500 bonus points
  - Complete & submit missions for proof of your visit!
- More team members = more bonus points
  - 2 team members in photo/video = 100 bonus points
  - 3 team members in photo/video = 200 bonus points
  - 4 team members in photo/video = 300 bonus points
  - 100 bonus points if photo/video is not selfie style
- Video is better than photos!
  - If there is a choice between photo or video, choose a video and earn an extra 100 bonus points

*Bonus points may be reflected immediately upon submissions or awarded at the end of the game.

Event will be held rain or shine. No refunds will be issued.

To get all the latest information about the event and what businesses will be there this year, join us on our Discover Ankeny Facebook event page.

If you have questions or need more information, please contact Jessica Erickson at the Chamber at 515.964.0685.

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