11/13/2025
🎉🐾 ANNOUNCING: The Homeward Hunt 🐾🎉
Saturday, December 6th — Batesville & Surrounding Area
Hosted by the Humane Society of Independence County
Think you’ve got a competitive streak? Love a good mystery? Want to support shelter animals AND have a blast doing it?
This is your event.
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🐶 Two Paths. 🐱 Two Adventures.
Choose your challenge:
• Dog Path (6 clue stops + Final Stop)
• Cat Path (6 clue stops + Final Stop)
Each path has its own puzzles, stops, and finish line.
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💸 Registration
$25 per person
Teams must have 4–6 members
→ That’s $100–$150 per team
Payment is due within 24 hours of receiving acceptance.
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📝 How to Register (Limited Spots!)
Only 12 teams per path will be accepted. First come, first confirmed.
Email to register:
📩 [email protected]
Include:
1. Team Name
2. Dog Path or Cat Path
3. Names of all team members
4. Confirmation your team can pay within 24 hours if accepted
If you don’t make it in this round, your team will be added to the priority waitlist for the next event in the order emails were received.
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🏁 How to Win
• The fastest team on the Dog Path wins the Dog Path Grand Prize
• The fastest team on the Cat Path wins the Cat Path Grand Prize
Grand Prize Baskets are valued at $500+ each.
Yeah… you want that. 🏆🔥
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💰 Fundraising Champion
The team that raises the most money for HSIC earns a separate prize & title.
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✨ SECRET VOLUNTEER ADVANTAGE
If every member of your team volunteers at least 2 hours per person
at HSIC between now and December 4th, your team will unlock a:
🔐 SECRET ADVANTAGE
This will be revealed in-person at the Secret Starting Location
right before teams are released.
No early hints.
No sharing.
If you know — you earned it. 😎
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Start forming your team.
Start planning your theme.
Start preparing to Run for the Paws. 🐾🔥
