Two years ago today we posted our first photo on Instagram.
And to celebrate, we’re going to hold a photo scavenger hunt for the rest of the month, complete with prizes. So, get your camera (or phone) ready.
Each scavenger hunt item can earn you two contest entries. Share your photos in Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, Google+, etc. and tag them #CompassionHunt. Then come back here and post the URL of your photo in the widget at the end of this post to get your contest entries.
And with the recent addition of video to Instagram, you’re welcome to submit an Instagram video or a Vine instead of a photo.
The #CompassionHunt will run through July 31 at 9 p.m. MT. to give you plenty of time to find the items. You may notice that there are a few additional ways to pump up your entry count listed in the widget. Be sure to take advantage of them.
And the prizes? We’ll be giving away five Compassion t-shirts, a ResQrags t-shirt, two stainless steel Compassion mugs, one Compassion messenger bag, a copy of A Place at the Table by Chris Seay and a $25 gift for your sponsored child.
Here are your scavenger hunt items:
- A baby scale
Our Child Survival Program (CSP) helps save the lives of babies and mothers in poverty. Take a picture of a baby scale (with or without the baby) to recognize the ongoing health care CSP helps deliver.
- Braided hair
Braided hair is common in the countries where we work. Hair styling is also a vocational skill often taught to teens in our sponsorship program.
- Children playing soccer
It’s the most popular game in the world. ’nuff said.
- A church sign
We implement our programs in partnership with the local church. To represent our church-based approach, take a photo of a church sign (or a church).
- Flag of a country where we work
You have 26 to choose from. If you don’t have any travel scheduled you may have difficulty with this one.
- A farmers market or food vendor
Take a photo of a farmers market or of a food vendor on the street. Many families in the developing world earn a living by selling food on the side of the road.
- A flip phone
According to the World Bank, three-quarters of the world’s inhabitants now have access to a mobile phone. To recognize this, take a photo of a flip phone, assuming you can find one. Nielsen reports that smartphone owners now make up the majority (61%) of mobile subscribers in the U.S.
- A food staple common to the developing world (e.g., rice, naan, injera bread or tortillas)
Take a photo of one of these four food items (rice, tortillas, naan or injera bread) common in the countries we work in.
- A goat or cow
Take a photo of a goat or cow. Livestock equals livelihood for many in the developing world.[/caption] - A sewing machine
Take a photo of a sewing machine. Sewing is one of the vocational skills taught to teens in our sponsorship program.
- Seeds or grain
For many in the developing world, if they don’t grow their own food they don’t eat. Take a photo of fruit seeds, garden seeds, harvested grain or a field of grain.
- A stethoscope
To recognize the fact that 24,000 children under age 5 die every day, mostly from preventable diseases, take a picture of a stethoscope.
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Darn didn’t win. Bummed I couldn’t get the 25 for one of my kids, maybe next time… 🙂 congratulations to all the winners.
I didn’t participate in the instagram contest, but I did post the scavenger hunt on my blog today. Congrats to the winners. Love the pictures!
So fun! How will the winners know they won?
We just posted the winners above. 🙂
sweet! i see my name up there. how do i claim my prize?
Hi Teoh! We’ll be e-mailing you to get your address so be on the lookout for that. Congratulations! 🙂
Who won??! 🙂
The winners are listed above and they are in order of the prizes. Sorry you are not on there. 🙁 We’re So glad you participated and hope you had fun!!!
In instagram.com/davethelion
Are all my Photos
All my photos in this blogspot:
http://davethelions.blogspot.mx/
MEXICO 🙂
Done completely!!! I just don’t have a blog :/ Had so much fun!
I got most of them! Had so much fun doing this! Can’t wait to do this again!
just received a tweet about a gift card using your name Bri and it was a link to a hard core porn site — best check your twitter to see if you’ve been hacked – hope I didn’t hurt myself by clicking the link — I thought it was about the scavenger hunt 🙁
Hi! I just checked my Twitter account and there have been no tweets sent from my account that are from a hacker. It might be from another Bri? Do you know the twitter handle it was sent from? Thanks for letting us know!
it was a direct message from @brimckoy
Thanks for alerting me to this! Not sure what is going on but I have changed my password.
Thank you for letting us know and I am messaging Bri right now so she knows!
http://chrisloehmer.blogspot.com/2013/07/assignment-gather-all-your-pictures.html
Is it cheating that I didn’t take any new pictures. I honestly had every single one of these already.
No, you’re not cheating. 🙂 Just make sure you enter them via the widget at the end of the post. Great photos!
Braids in Africa 🙂
http://instagram.com/p/cMf13NxrVU/
All my pictures for Peru are on Instagram. Photos of my sponsored children are also on here! God is good
http://instagram.com/#saritaperez17
http://instagram.com/p/cHiNMKMAsp/
Braided Hair
This is Luz – my father’s sponsored child in the Dominican Republic. Her name means “light” and this child brings light to everyone she meets with the biggest smile I have ever seen. She likes to twirl her head around to make the braid on her forehead spin like a helicopter.
http://instagram.com/p/cHiLmfMAsl/
Braided Hair
http://instagram.com/p/cHiIHIsAsi/
Braided Hair
This is my sister-in-law’s sponsored child
http://instagram.com/p/cHiAgUMAsL/
Church Sign
This is me holding the younger brother of my sponsored child outside Puerto Plata in the Dominican Republic
http://instagram.com/p/cHh98wsAsF/
Flag – Dominican Republic
http://instagram.com/p/cHh6KPMAr9/
Flag – Dominican Republic
http://instagram.com/p/cHhwN1sArp/
Braided Hair
Actually meant for this to be tagged “flag”
http://instagram.com/p/cHTqcFkQJb/
Rice!!!
http://instagram.com/p/cHT9tJEQJ4/
Cows!!!!
Flip phone! 😀 http://instagram.com/p/b6_lhCJYNY/
not sure if I copied the url right. I submitted 4 photos from Peru. The picture of the sugar cane truck and the guy diving for octopus and crab are kind of different.
http://instagram.com/p/b49e2PtP4p/
More Tortillas 😀
http://instagram.com/p/b49x2bNP5B/
Tortillas en México 🙂
Braid!
http://instagram.com/p/b45Yk_LzkG/
Photo of my sponsored child and Ghana flag.
Is it OK if the picture of the church sign is the church sign on our van, because currently that’s all I can use…
That is totally ok. Can’t wait to see it!
Where can we find the photos? Do they have to be photos we take a picture of or on your website, other?
They are photos you take a picture of. Photos of things at home, your church, community, etc.
These photos are inspiring. There is joy in all of them.
URLs that you leave as a comment do not earn you entries into the contest. You must use the widget embedded in the blog post to submit your URLs and be credited with contest entries.
I’m loving the great pictures coming from this! 🙂 plus it’s easy to find and follow Compassion friends on Instagram when I’m scrolling through the pics under the #compassionhunt
http://instagram.com/p/bukuuumiPl/
My post hasnt shown up….oh well
I’ve seen all sorts of photos on Instagram that fit these descriptions but aren’t from people playing… I totally want to tag them and claim them as mine but I’m pretty sure that’d be cheating (though it would be introducing new people to the game).
https://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/photo.php?fbid=10200906729084355&set=a.1585557232707.90267.1049054801&type=1&theater
Goats are a livelihood for some in our family too!
What a beautiful idea. The photos are wonderful.
Done and done!!
Blogged at http://www.tristanforsyth.com/blog/?p=662
I was lucky enough to visit Indonesia last year and go to a number of projects around Manado. Ive decided to only use pictures from my trip as its more personal and relevant!
Mobile phone- http://instagram.com/p/bppMPWy0Ba/
Cow-http://instagram.com/p/bppeJry0B1/
Staples-http://instagram.com/p/bpprDIS0CN/
Street vendor-http://instagram.com/p/bppwB8S0CY/
Church Sign/Church-http://instagram.com/p/bppzSTS0Cj/
Soccer-http://instagram.com/p/bpp25xS0Cp/
Facebooked, blogged, Twittered and Flickred!!!
What a fun idea! Just told my readers all about it:
http://mlsgregg.com/2013/07/11/compassion-bloggers-compassionhunt/
Just made my list and will be hunting this weekend 🙂 Have a precious grandbaby to stage some photos!
Market in Peru:
http://instagram.com/p/bpWGHlI_OU/
Joy,
Please be sure to submit your photos via the widget embedded in the blog post. That is the tool we are using to keep track of all the entries and to select our winners.
This looks like so much fun! Can’t wait to get started!
http://instagram.com/p/botsEOhRHM/
Homemade naan!
Erika,
To have your photos qualify for contest entries, you need to submit the URL in the widget embedded in the post.
This is going to be so fun!
http://instagram.com/p/boHVWdBRPq/
Flag of Haiti
http://instagram.com/p/bn_GOpigut/
Also shared on FB, Twitter, Pinterest, and Google+
So fun! I love this 🙂