The Biggest Block Party Ever Featuring In It To Win it!

We knew the block party would be fun! Mandi and Erin had planned a wild outfit for the night! We began at 4:00pm promptly as the doors opened wearing our usual In it to Win it t-shirts and gear. We gave the secret password, Visual Delight, and easily completed our given challenges. We then headed over to Extreme Entertainment’s booth where Missi’s friend and Amazing Race competitor, Demaris was face painting. We all got our faces painted each a little differently. Missi chose a spider WEBB to signify her last name. Erin chose a butterfly and Mandi chose the princess look. We were so excited to see Demaris, as we had an extreme outfit planned for the night and the face painting would be the perfect addition. After getting our faces painted, we headed home to change our outfits and prepare for the fun night ahead. We are not really sure what the theme of these outfits was exactly, but we like to call it the “In It To Win It” clubbing look. Everyone seemed to love our glamour and several stopped to ask us what we were doing and why were dressed like superstars. That allowed us the perfect opportunity to promote CYP and the race. By the end of the night everyone was talking about the race and our team as we walked by. We were even offered help in the race by many people at the block party. One table was really eager to help us, and asked all about what we have done so far and our future challenges. So we pulled out our challenge book and they gave us several tips to help us on our journey. They were such nice people and we shortly discovered that they are Chamber members and business owners throughout the community! This chance meeting turned out to be a wonderful networking opportunity!

Midway through the night we were greeted by the Mayor, Fred Armstrong, who asked to have his photo taken with us and requested an autograph. He had heard about us from The Republic coverage of the event on opening night and he was so excited to meet us. We granted him a photo, gave him some campaign tips on being In It to Win It, thanked him, and then headed on our way.

As usual, there was one small mishap! Missi accidently bumped into a Columbus Police Officer almost tangling him in her neon green boa! Luckily for her, he was a very understanding man and let her go with only a warning!