New Date: Saturday, January 30, 2027
We had to move the hunt from January 16 to January 30. Everything else stays the same.
We had to move the hunt from January 16 to January 30. Everything else stays the same.
Moon Valley Neighborhood Scavenger Hunt
Saturday, January 30, 2027 · Early afternoon, about 3 to 4 hours
What's a neighborhood business scavenger hunt? Carloads of local families follow clues around Moon Valley to discover local businesses. At each stop they meet the business, try a quick activity and collect a stamp toward the prize drawing. While they're with you, you can show them around your space and give them a sample of what you do best.
Check Moon Valley First members only. Not a member? Join here first.
What Your Business Gets
- Brand name recognition: 40 to 60 carfuls of local families learn your name, find your business and remember you.
- A chance to show families around your place and show them what you do best.
- Your logo on the event marketing: flyers, the event page, clue cards, passports and Check Moon Valley First posts.
- Your coupon brings them back.
- Your logo on the event photo backdrop.
- Your name announced when your prize is drawn.
- Families earn a bonus raffle ticket for tagging you on Facebook.
If You Join, Here's What We Need From You
Before the event
- Check Moon Valley First members only. Not a member? Join here first.
- Your activity and coupon ideas by December 16, 2026.
- No refunds once you sign up.
- Paying by invoice? Pay within 24 hours of getting it, or the spot can go to the next member.
On event day
- A coupon families can use later.
- A fun way to meet your business, like a sample, a quick activity, a mini obstacle course or a trivia game.
- Someone to stamp passports.
- Room for extra traffic. The hunt runs in the early afternoon, for about 3 to 4 hours (final times to be announced). Arriving families will make your business busier that day, so make sure it won't interrupt your normal business. Usually busy then? This may not be the right fit, or set up your activity away from where your regular customers gather.
How the Hunt Works
- Each car gets a set of clues at Check-In.
- Families figure out where to go from the clues, and each clue leads to a business.
- At your business they do your activity, get a stamp and your coupon.
- Every stamp is a ticket for the prize drawing at the end.
We write a clue for your business from a few fun facts you send us. Families get to know you through your activity; no sales tables needed, though families are welcome to shop. Start and finish locations to be announced.
Pick Your Spot
Founding Deal
The first 3 businesses to sign up for a storefront stop by November 7 save:
The first 3 businesses to sign up for a storefront stop by November 7 save:
- $200 (instead of $300) for a shared stop, where you host another business
- $350 (instead of $500) for your own stop
| Option | Price | Spots left |
|---|---|---|
| I have a storefront and want my own stopFamilies come to your business. The stop is all yours. | $500 + prize basket | |
| I have a storefront and will share my stop with a business that needs a homeFamilies come to your business, and you host one Non‑Competing member whose storefront is too far from Moon Valley or who doesn't have one, like a business run from home. | $300 + prize basket | |
| I don't have a storefront (or I'm more than 3 miles away) and need a hostYour storefront is too far from Moon Valley, or you don't have one (like a business run from home). We place you at a shared stop where you introduce your business with your activity, so families still meet you. | $200 + prize item | |
| Title sponsorThe hunt is presented by Check Moon Valley First and sponsored by your business. You're advertised on everything for the event, including the passport. | $1,500 | |
| Passport sponsorYour logo on the front of every family's stamp passport, alongside the title sponsor, carried all afternoon. | $1,000 | |
| Photographer sponsorYou're the event photographer, named as the photographer sponsor on everything for the event. | $600 |
The two storefront options share 8 stops. There are 8 hosted spots. A storefront stop must be a place customers visit, within 3 miles of Moon Valley; a home business counts only if customers already come to the home. When an option is full, the form adds you to the wait list.
What Happens After You Sign Up
- Your spot is held, and you get an email right away.
- Pay within 24 hours: Zelle or Venmo right away, or by card through a Square invoice we email you (your 24 hours start when the invoice arrives).
- If payment doesn't arrive within 24 hours, your spot goes to the next business on the wait list.
- Once you pay, you get a confirmation email, and we'll be in touch about your clue and activity before December 16.
Sign Up
Questions
- What does sharing my stop mean?
- You host one Non‑Competing member who has no storefront. You can run separate activities or team up, and you pay $300 instead of $500.
- What happens after I sign up?
- Your spot is held, and you get an email with how to pay. Zelle and Venmo: please pay within 24 hours. Card: Ashley emails a Square invoice, and you have 24 hours from then.
- What if my option is full?
- Send the form anyway. You join the wait list, and you get an email if a spot opens.