CHALLENGES

#1: Savannah is called the “Hostess City” for its hospitality. In the late 1800’s a young girl decided to greet every ship entering the Port of Savannah by waving a handkerchief during the day and holding a lantern at night. And according to legend, not a ship entered or departed Savannah without her greeting or waving it farewell for the next 44 years. Find the statue that honors her and if a boat or ship is visible in the distance take a team picture waving to it while the vessel and the statue are all in the picture. If there aren’t any vessels within view, take a video of your team members AND AT LEAST TWO STRANGERS all doing the “wave” (like at a sporting event) next to the statue.

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#2: Get your team to Wet Willies, either inside or out, and convince a stranger to be the recipient of a double "Wet Willie". This means two people on your team each rub one of their spit soaked fingers into both of the stranger’s ears (one person per ear). Take a video of the heinous act while something that proves you’re at Wet Willies is clearly identifiable in the background. Finding the location and completing the challenge, although disgusting, won’t be the difficult part. Convincing someone to be the recipient of this nastiness will test just how good you are at sales and negotiating. You might want to include a free drink (and a Q-Tip) as compensation…

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#3: It takes hard work and focus in order to grow an award winning people-first focused accounting firm. Especially one that has been on the Inc. 5000 for 3 Years in a row. This challenge will test how well you can focus and perform, even though you may be surrounded by distractions. Click HERE to get to the brain puzzles and then select “Memory”. Then, anywhere along the way have at least two team members achieve a score of 50 or more points. Once you have your two super focused teammates, take a celebratory picture of them while they’re displaying their phone screens and the point totals are clearly visible. If needed, you can take an additional close-up picture of the two devices to clearly show the point totals (for bragging purposes of course).

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#4: Anywhere around the area, take a picture of your team forming a 3-tiered, human pyramid inside of any elevator. You’ll need at least 6 people to properly form 3 tiers, so recruit kind strangers if needed. The elevator can be stopped at a floor with the door open as long as your pyramid is performed inside the actual elevator.

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#5: Brenda Lee's “Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree” just topped the charts 65 years after its initial release. Debuting in 1958, with a 13-year-old Lee belting the holiday classic, the song has finally reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. To celebrate, you’ll need to find the most unusual Christmas “tree” in the city. It’s made of stacked Jack Daniel barrels and benefits Operation Ride Home, which raises money to send service members home for the holidays. Once you’ve found it, take a video of your team all rockin’ around it to help raise awareness for this great cause!

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#6: Visiting Savannah in December might help you avoid some brutally hot outdoor temperatures. But if you complete this challenge, your mouth won’t be able to escape some serious heat. Anywhere around the area, take a video of your team members all at the same time consuming separate spoonfuls of any brand of hot sauce (the hotter the better). Make sure to show the bottle or packet of hot sauce in the video so everyone knows that it's actually hot sauce you're consuming. Disclaimer, this will likely not be pleasant, which is exactly the point. Because a team that suffers together, grows together.

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#7: Work together to identify the local legend shown HERE. Also affectionately known by her nickname “Daisy,” she imagined a movement where the participants could come together and embrace their unique strengths and passions. Get your team outside of her birthplace, located here in the city. Once there, take a video of any ONE team member successfully completing the Cookie Face Challenge. Place any kind of cookie (not necessarily one that Daisy’s organization is known for) on your forehead and using only your facial muscles and gravity attempt to move the cookie down your face and into your mouth without grabbing it with your hand or having it fall off. If it falls off place the cookie back on your forehead and try again. All team members can be attempting the challenge but only one needs to successfully complete it. Make sure her birthplace is visible and identifiable at some point during your video. To watch a video of someone completing this challenge successfully click HERE.

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#8: Get your team to any traffic light where the name of the street displayed on the pole begins with a vowel. If the street name has a direction at the beginning of it (such as E. for East) then you can disregard that and focus on the actual name. Once you’ve found one, take a well-timed picture of your team all attempting to jump in the air and high five as a group while the traffic light is “yellow”. You may only have a few seconds to pull off the perfect picture so work together and communicate well with the person taking the picture so they capture your team, the yellow light, and the name of the street.

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#9: The saying "chasing a white whale" is a metaphor for something that one can pursue with little chance of success, as seen in the case of Captain Ahab. It can be an obsession that dominates one's thoughts and actions. But this is Savannah, not Nantucket. So instead of pursuing a white whale, you need to find a white horse that is pulling a carriage around town. If the carriage is parked you can ask it’s handler if you can take a fun team selfie with it and then show the beautiful animal some love before departing. If the carriage is moving you can take a team picture with the white horse clearly visible in the background.

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#10: Create a “connection chain” using every member of your team. Click HERE to see an example of how to create one, and then take a video once everyone is lined up and explain how you are connected to the person next to you. Work hard to discover creative and meaningful connections with one another, not just something generic such as “we each breath air”.

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#11: In addition to helping make some football player named Travis well known (just kidding Chiefs fans), Taylor Swift was just named Time’s Person Of The Year! To celebrate like a true Swiftie, find any building around town whose address is the same as Taylor’s lucky number, and it is clearly visible on the building. For example, if her lucky number were 18 (it’s not) you would need to find a business whose address would be 18 Main Street, for example, and the number 18 is visible in the picture and displayed somewhere on the building. Once you’ve found one, take a fun team picture with it while you all strike your best T-Swift pose.

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#12: We all have different backgrounds and life experiences but one of the things we can find commonality in is love. Whether that is in relationships, or as a passion for something important to us. Get your team to the Love Lock Bridge and buy a new lock from one of the nearby stores that sell them. Figuring out where to get one is part of the challenge. Then as a team discuss what you love and come up with one common thing that every team member can agree they love. Write that thing on one side of the lock and “Solutions Group” on the other side. Then take a video showing your team locking it to the bridge and explaining what your common love is. Or you could submit a “lovely” team picture on the bridge and then pictures of both sides of your lock.

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#13: Anywhere around the area, find an establishment that has an animal in it's name and take a fun team picture with everyone posing or acting like that specific animal while the establishment’s signage is clearly visible in the background. Please note you’re looking for a place with the animal in it’s actual name such as "The Friendly Giraffe" and not a place that lists an animal as something that is served there such as "Susan’s Hot Chicken" or “Joey’s Crab Shack”.

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#14: With all of the chaos that the holidays bring it’s important to take time to reflect on some of the deeper meanings surrounding this season. And since you are exploring the oldest city in Georgia, what better way to help you reflect than finding someone who has lots of years of wisdom. Anywhere around the area find a stranger who is 80 years old or older. Take some time to chat with them, listen to a story they may have about the local area, the holidays, or just ask them about their life. Then at some point take a video asking them to describe a moment in their life when they experienced some of their greatest joy. Or maybe describing one of the greatest gifts they've ever received.

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#15: Find any vending machine (either with food, beverages, kids trinkets, etc) and put enough money into it that any one item could be gotten. Don’t select anything but instead leave a note that says “Any item of your choice on us! Love, Solutions Group”. Then take a picture of your team so that the vending machine, the deposited amount (if applicable), and your note are all visible if possible.

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