Giant Strides Scuba Scavenger Hunt The contest will be an ongoing event where participants will photograph and collect certain LISTED items posted on this list as well as items POSTED randomly at Giantstridedivers yahoo group on a weekly basis. You can subscribe to this group at GiantStrideDivers- subscribe@yahoogrou ps.com Half of this years scavenger hunt proceeds will benefit the "Save The Bay Eelgrass Program" This Hunt is designed to get divers active with ecological programs that directly affect our ocean and to get divers in the water. The rules are simple: 1.We strongly advise buddy diving but discourage pooling resources. Each member should pay his or her own entry fee, find their own items and post photographs of their found items shortly after finding them on the Giantstridedivers yahoo group (in an album they start at the beginning of the contest.) Items must also be physically presented at the Awards Cook-Out September 28th. 2.Each item will be assigned a point value and the member with the most points win prizes ranging from 1st place for most points, 2nd place prize for 2nd most points etc. etc. etc. Ranking points winners can choose thier prizes from the list in the order of thier points. 3.Entry fee is $25.00 CASH paid at Giant Stride Dive Shop and must be accompanied by a copy of certification card. (I have a copier at the store.) 4.Each diver, upon joining Giantstridedivers yahoo group, must complete profile and enter a picture of your self to be approved for membership. If already a member please complete your profile and enter a picture of yourself. 5.Have Fun!!! 6. Divers in violation of these rules will be disqualified. Listed Items To Find 1.Giant Stride Dive Shop Sticker 1 pt. 2.Quahaug Shell 1 pt. 3.Blue or Red Sea Glass 3 pts. each color 4.Sea Glass (other than red or blue) 1 pt. each color 5.Dried Seaweed or Kelp 1pt. 6.Proof of Dive Club Membership (any) 5 pts. 7.Proof of participation in S.T.B. eelgrass harvest 3 pts. each event 8.Proof of participation in S.T.B. eelgrass transplant 3 pts. each event. 9.RI, MA or CN Lobster Divers license 1 pt. 10.Shark Tooth (small 1 ½ inches or less) 3 pts. 11.Shark Tooth (large meglodon over 1 ½ inches) 5 pts. 12.T-Shirt for YOUR participation in the 2008 Coastal clean up. 5 pts. 13.Proof of Diving Specialty or Upgrade in Certification Level AFTER signing up for contest. (Must be New not update.) 5 pts. 14.Receipt from RI Dive Shop for Dive Charter 5 pts. 15.Receipt from RI Dive Shop for Dive Trip out of state 5 pts. each trip 16.Dive Safety Kit (sausage or lift bag,whistle, wreck reel & knife or line cutter/shears. 3 pts. 17.Log book with over 25 logged dives. 2 pts. 18.Lobster Carapace (cooked ok but must be legal) 2 pts. 19.Spine bone from Striped Bass. 3 pts. 20.Whelk Shell over 1 inch. 3 pts. 21.Common Snail shell. 1 pt. Photographs of You or Taken by You 1.You standing in front of Ft Weatherill West Cove in FG. 1 pt. 2.You at Hazard Ave. in FG. 1 pt. 3.You at Pier 5 in FG. 1 pt 4.You at Beavertail in FG. 1 pt. 5.You at Folly Cove in FG. 1 pt 6.You at Kings Beach in FG. 1 pt. 7.You at Nubble Light in FG. 3 pts. 8.You at Brownstone Quarry in FG. 3 pts 9.You on Charter Boat "Canned Air" in FG. 3 pts 10.You on Charter Boat "Miss Murphy" in FG. 3 pts 11.You in beside a Statue of Posiden or Neptune (4’ tall or bigger). 2 pts 12.You at the Decompression Chamber at Kent County Hospital. 3 pts 13. Mounted Lobster over 10 lbs. 1 pt 14. You doing a Giant Stride into the water. 3 pts 15. Picture of 6 RI dive shops and their owners. 6 pts 16. Photo of a Mach 5 diving helmet. 3 pts 17. Picture of an Open Water Class just getting in the water.1 pt 18. Picture of your dive gear laid out for Pre-dive check. 2 pts Under Water Photos 1.You and a shark. 5 pts 2.You and a Lobster. 3 pts 3.You with reg out of mouth smiling. 3 pts 4.Tataug. 4 pts 5.St