Final Race Video is Here!

Thank you for your patience...we were a little busy this past week with bridge collapse relief efforts. Hope you enjoy it!

Race clues and more photos

You asked for it, so here are the official race clues. Check out this PDF to see what challenges the amazing racers conquered.

Also, I uploaded more photos to our slideshow. Enjoy!

Salvation Army on Ice Contest Answers

Here are the answers to the four questions for our Salvation Army on Ice contest.

Question #1
The address of the race starting line multiplied by the number of racers and divided by KOOL's radio frequency. The answer should be rounded to the nearest whole number.

Answer #1
4200 x 34 racers / 107.9 radio frequency = 1,323.4 rounded to 1,323


Question #2
What do these three people have in common?
-General William Booth, founder of The Salvation Army
-Sir George Darwin, son of Charles Darwin (author of "Origin of the Species")
-Alexander Stewart, Wisconsin member of the US House of Representatives

Answer #2
All three men died in 1912.


Question #3
What do these three have in common?
-A Salvation Army Crest
-Abbott Northwestern Hospital
-A track meet

Answer #3
All have shots.


Question #4
Like Metallica, I'm heavy metal.When I go down the street, sometimes I receive a standing ovation.

Answer #4
Big SAL, our giant kettle (8 foot!) float

Final Results

We had such a blast on Saturday and hope all the racers and spectators did too! Thanks again to everyone for their generous support--it is your support that allows The Salvation Army to help those who need it most.

For a cool photo slideshow and the final team standings, check out this link http://www.thesalarmy.org/raceresults07.htm.

More photos (and we hope video) will be coming later this week. Email Kristy if you have photos or fun stories from Saturday that you'd like to share. Again, thanks to everyone who made the 2007 MOST Amazing Race possible!

Results coming soon!

We're putting together photos and video from Saturday's MOST Amazing Race. More information will be coming soon.

In the meantime, congratulations to Team Waler, the $5,000 grand prize winners!

The Salvation Army on Ice--Question #4

Question #4
Like Metallica, I'm heavy metal.
When I go down the street, sometimes I receive a standing ovation.

Have you figured out the correct answers to all four questions? We hope so. Just follow the rules below to enter!

Contest rules:
-Entries must include your name, phone number and email address along with the answers to all four questions.
-Email entries to Kristy at kristy.pluim@usc.salvationarmy.org by Friday, July 20 at 12pm in order to be eligible. Answers may also be submitted on Saturday, July 21 between 5-7pm at the KOOL108 RiverBlast tent (near the stage).
-Contestants with all four correct answers will be entered into a random drawing for two round trip Icelandair tickets to anywhere in Europe. The drawing will be held on July 21. You don't need to be present to win.
-Must be 18 years old to enter.
-Salvation Army employees and their immediate families are not eligible to participate.

Torchlight Parade

Check out these pictures of the racers riding our "Big SAL" float in last night's Aquatennial Torchlight Parade!

Team Two of Three


Teams AJ & Cal and Minivan


Team Slightly Green Bananas

The Salvation Army on Ice--Question #3

Question #3
What do these three have in common?
A Salvation Army Crest
Abbott Northwestern Hospital
A track meet

The Salvation Army on Ice--Question #2

Have you figured out the answer to question #1 yet? To clarify, the "racers" from question #1 are those who will be racing on Saturday.

Here's question #2. Good luck!

Question #2
What do these three people have in common?
General William Booth, founder of The Salvation Army
Sir George Darwin, son of Charles Darwin (author of "Origin of the Species")
Alexander Stewart, Wisconsin member of the US House of Representatives

The Salvation Army on Ice

Check back here each day and answer all four questions for your chance to win two Iceland Air tickets to Europe.

Question #1
The address of the race starting line multiplied by the number of racers and divided by KOOL's radio frequency. The answer should be rounded to the nearest whole number.


Contest rules:
-Entries must include your name, phone number and email address along with the answers to all four questions.
-Email entries to Kristy at kristy.pluim@usc.salvationarmy.org by Friday, July 20 at 12pm in order to be eligible. Answers may also be submitted on Saturday, July 21 between 5-7pm at the KOOL108 RiverBlast stage.
-Contestants with all four correct answers will be entered into a random drawing for the airline tickets on July 21.
-Must be 18 years old to enter.
-Salvation Army employees and their immediate families are not eligible to participate.

Two more teams make the cut

We're excited to announce that two more teams have fundraised their way to the final race. A special thanks to those teams--Adventure Guys and Team Tower, who each raised more than $1,500 to make it into the final race on July 21. Way to go!

Teams should keep fundraising for another week...there's still the opportunity to win a fast-forward. The top 3 fundraising teams will earn a fast-forward, allowing them to skip any one challenge along the race route.

And don't forget that the top fundraising team (who isn't the grand prize winner) will win an awesome prize as well--two Iceland Airline tickets.

Thanks to everyone who has been a part of The MOST Amazing Race. We here at The Salvation Army are humbled by your generosity and willingness to help us in the fight against homelessness and hunger!

Qualifying Race Video

Hey guys, we finished the video from the qualifying race last Saturday. Check it out and enjoy!

http://thesalarmy.org/QualifyingRace384K.wmv

Qualifying Race Photos

Click on the link below to see some photos from Saturday. You can find them on the home page of our website too. Watch the blog for the video--it'll be coming later this week.

http://www.thesalarmy.org/qualifier/index.html

Final Qualifying Times

You asked for it! Here's a list of how all 38 teams finished. Pictures from Saturday will be posted this afternoon.

As you know, 15 teams qualified based on time. The 23 teams who did not qualify still have the opportunity to compete in the final race based on fundraising. Those teams must raise $1500 (minimum) to be considered. Of those teams raising $1500 or more, the top 5 fundraising teams will be selected to compete in the final race.

If you still want to be involved, you can always help as a volunteer on July 21. Contact Julie (julie.orlando@usc.salvationarmy.org) if you're interested. Thanks again. Great job everyone!

Slightly Green Bananas 19:43:00
Skinned Knees 20:23:16
Team Mullen 20:53:25
Haroldetta and Kumar 21:35:30
Inagi Nashi 21:59:40
Team Waler 23:09:02
Minivan 23:51:18
Chipi Chipi 23:56:67
Pocket Rockets 24:04:90
North Shore AR 24:27:05
Sizzling Sisters 25:35:02
Two of Three 25:44:81
AJ & Cal 25:47:78
Stay Classy, MPLS 26:23:41
40 Horns & The Tooter 26:35:89

Jarindy 26:50:59
Racing for the King 26:50:59
2 Girls and a Bus Pass 27:06:77
Go Two Girls 27:07:97
The Pink Ladies 27:39:78
The Human Fund 28:18:24
Adventure Guys 29:11:26
Crash and Burn 29:27:73
Family Matters 29:50:56
Minnesota Mel-Ice 29:59:45
We Like Ike 30:00:22
The Bennies 30:14:84
The Sissies 30:18:56
Happy Wanderers 31:13:75
Ready, Set, Merlot 31:23:00
Sky Champions 34:43:45
Rapido! Rapido! 35:29:38
40ish and Feisty 36:25:61
The Spa Queens 36:27:50
Team Tower 37:11:85
Two Sisters 38:33:13
Team Mommy 45:21:07
Rachie and Nomie 47:48:11

Qualifying Race this Saturday

Is everyone ready to race this Saturday? We've planned some fun and exciting challenges! The 42 teams who registered for The MOST Amazing Race will be competing to be one of the final teams. Those teams who don't qualify on Saturday still have the opportunity to be one of the 20 race teams...they just need to earn their way by fundraising.

Speaking of fundraising...teams have raised more than $16,000 so far! Did you know that the $200 that each team is raising will provide a week of shelter and 20 meals for a person? Cool, huh? As of yesterday, Team Tower took over as the first place fundraising team, raising more than $1,100!

For each team who qualifies for the final race, we're working on creating a web page with their photo and bio information. Should be cool. Finally, here's some neat facts about our teams.

• The average age of the racers is 33. The oldest is 52. Youngest is 19.
• 10 are husband-wife teams
• 7 are sister (or sister-in-law) teams
• 16 teams are just friends
• 4 are co-worker teams
• 3 are teams who are dating
• 1 team is engaged
• 1 is a nephew/uncle team

See you on Saturday!

MOST Amazing Race Update

There's still time to register your team for The MOST Amazing Race! So far, 29 teams have signed up. Our fundraising total is more than $8,000! Team Mullen has maintained their lead by raising $525, but there are other teams that are hot on their heels.

In each post we're going to share some interesting race facts:

• Currently the average age of race participants is 34.
• One participant lived in Kenya for six years, traveling all over the country and going on many safaris.
• Last year's race winners, the Adventure Guys, are back this year to defend their title.

Stay tuned...more to come.

The MOST Amazing Race Registration Kickoff

Thanks to everyone who came to the Mall of America on Saturday to register for The MOST Amazing Race! We had a lot of fun and hope you did too. Camp Shamineau and KOOL 108 did an awesome job with the challenges and prizes. A special congratulations goes out to 'The Sissies', the team who won the Timberwolves autographed basketball.

For those of you who couldn't make it to the mall, thanks for signing up online. There are 20 teams registered at this point, and a bunch of teams have already begun fundraising. We're off to a good start with more than $1,000 raised so far. Team Mullen is the team to beat with $400 raised to date.

Here are some pictures from the kickoff on Saturday. Feel free to leave any comments...we'd love to hear from you!