Item 118 – 10 Random Acts of Kindness

(MONTAGE – UP TO 2 MINUTES) This year marks the 10th year anniversary of GISH! To celebrate, we’re hosting a GISH blowout anniversary celebration: Complete 10 random acts of kindness. And because the 10 year anniversary is commemorated with ‘tin’, we expect you to be wearing your most fashionable tin(foil) hat as you complete your RAOKs. Get creative (Random Acts has some great ideas!) and compile a video of all your acts. (Different team members may complete the 10 items).

Item 114 – Kris Kringle Protest

Let’s face it, besides being totally real, Santa Claus is our way of preparing kids for a lifetime of annual performance reviews and merit-based bonuses. But the kids have had enough and now they’ve unionized. Show at least one child under 10 on strike at Kris Kringle’s house, protesting the meritocracy and demanding parity in presents for all children.

Item 108 – ArmyForGood Texts

(GRID) We need to get out the vote in the US, and we need your help to do it! Get at least 50 people to text “ArmyForGood” and “YourTeamName” (whatever that is) to Misha at (323) 405-9939. You may get the help of your team members or any other US or Canadian residents you know. Submit a grid showing all the messages. NOTE:

  1. Each person may text “ArmyForGood” ONLY ONCE, and for ONE team only.
  2. This number will only work for phone numbers in the US and Canada.
  3. If you are international, your team may use a proxy, but again, each person may only text “ArmyForGood” once, and only for one team only (their own or another). Reach out to your extended networks and outside the GISH Community to help you achieve this Item.
  4. Misha will later text everyone back about Get Out The Vote initiatives. Not during the Hunt!

Item 107 – Michelin Shish Kebab

One of the best things about summer carnivals is food on a stick, but it’s usually junk food or shish kebabs, and that’s so limiting! Make an upscale 7-course dinner-on-a-stick worthy of a Michelin 4-star restaurant. Every course, from the amuse-bouche to the salad to dessert, should be represented, and it must be beautifully presented. All courses must be served on a single stick.

Item 106 – Mars Image Classification

The Curiosity rover has been driving on Mars since 2012, collecting close-up images of the Mars surface. The rover team uses these images to train the rover how to recognize different types of terrain by itself, to improve the rover’s autonomous driving ability. Help classify some of the Mars images that the rover team will actually use to train the rover. Sign up at AI4Mars, complete the tutorial, and complete at least one image classification exercise. Send us a screenshot of your completed image classification. – Dave L.