3rd Annual SANTA Monica Pub Crawl!

It’s almost that time of year again---when the frost is on the vine, the stockings are hung by the chimney with care and the silver bells are ringing.  Ok, who are we fooling?  There is no frost in LA, we all live in apartments and our smartphone ringtones are the only things ringing, BUT each December we DO have the absolute-best-time-you-can-have-on-concrete-under-palm-trees… The 2011 SANTA Monica Pub Crawl is set for Saturday, December 17th!

Last year, over 3,000 of you bravely faced down the pouring rain and crawled your hearts out at 20 bars, raising over 4,000 lbs of food for the Westside Food Bank. That's enough for 21,000 meals!  Well, this year, we are working to make this the biggest and best SANTA Monica Pub Crawl ever with fun prizes and contests, all while helping the less fortunate put food on the table this Holiday Season. So, dust off those antlers, shine up those menorahs and get ready for the 3rd Annual SANTA Monica Pub Crawl!

We know that all of Santa’s Little Helpers out there can’t wait for the 2011 SANTA Monica Pub Crawl, and neither can we!

DETAILS:

The 3rd Annual SANTA Monica Pub Crawl will take place on Saturday, December 17, 2011, at 5PM in Santa Monica, CA at the city's best bars and restaurants to raise money for those in need during the holidays through a partnership with the Westside Food Bank. With your official SMPC wristband you will receive drink and food specials at the participating locations, entrance into the Official Pub Crawl After-Party and will automatically be entered into the pub crawl raffle with the chance to win a ton of great prizes.

All SMPC participants are asked to dress in Santa/Holiday attire, either individually or in teams, so that the streets of Santa Monica will be filled with merry cheer, such as: Santa, Mrs. Claus, Elves, Reindeer, Carolers and Santa's Helpers. The Pub Crawl will feature multiple routes with bars on Wilshire, The Pier, 4th St., Third Street Promenade and Main Street and conclude with the Official After Party soon to be announced (must have wristband for access)

IMPORTANT UPDATE! Due to the crawlers overwhelming generosity last year, and a whopping 4,000 lbs of food brought to the starting locations, the Food Bank staff has asked that crawlers make a cash donation instead this year since the volunteers had a difficult time collecting the thousands of pounds of food.

Crawlers must Sign Up Online, Pay a $10 donation/entrance fee, Choose a Route and Collect their Wristband and Map at their official starting location.

HOW TO PARTICIPATE:

TICKETS:

Tickets are $10. Advance ticket purchase is suggested to avoid lines, however you may also purchase a ticket at your starting location. Your ticket will score you the official pub crawl wristband allowing amazing food & drink specials at all of the bars, as well as entrance into the official After-Party and automatically enters you into a raffle to win prizes such as dinner for two at all of the participating locations. Winner's will be announced on the website and on the official SMPC Mobile App the week after the event.

A portion of all proceeds from the pub crawl goes to the Westside Food Bank to feed the less fortunate over the holidays.

WRISTBANDS:

Wristbands can be picked up two ways:

#1. At one of the official starting locations along each route between 5pm and 8:30pm the day of the event.

#2. To avoid lines, you can collect your wristband in advance by bringing in a min. of 5 canned food items per person to the Westside Food Bank throughout the month of December. Hours are M-F 10am-5pm. Westside Food Bank.
1710 22nd St. Santa Monica, CA 90404 Phone: (310) 828-6016 www.westsidefoodbandca.com

MOBILE APP

Official SMPC Coming Soon!

Big Blue Bus

The Big Blue Bus is offering crawlers unlimited bus rides all night for only $4.00!!!

The “Day Pass” (good from time of activation through the end of service within a 24 hour period is available HERE
BBB’s Route 2 will serve all locations… from Wilshire to 4th to Colorado to Main Street at Ocean Park and it runs every 15 min. See MAP

2011 SANTA Scavenger Challenge:

To participate in the SANTA Scavenger Challenge Hunt, register your team name and number of people by emailing smpcrawl@gmail.com and bring the following items to the official after party. The first THREE teams back to collect all of the items below will receive a SANTA gift bag full of goodies from our sponsors. Winner's will be announced on the website and on the official SMPC Mobile App the week after the event. Be sure to bring your digital camera or go old school and Polaroid it!

  • Get photo with a Food Bank Volunteer at your official START location
  • Get Napkin, Matches, business card or other items from all crawl locations on your route
  • Take Photo with a SANTA
  • Take a Photo under a mistletoe…you know what to do!
  • Collect 5 candy canes
  • Wear or bring Elf ears, Reindeer Antlers, Santa Hat or Garland necklace
  • Get a photo of an ugly holiday sweater
  • Get a photo with a naughty elf
  • Team Photo
  • Get the 'secret password' from SALUTE, RENEE’S or CABO CANTINA
  • Come to the official “after party” and show all of your wonderful scavenger collections.

Remember: To be a team, you must have 5 of more crawlers and every participant must have an official SMPC wristband.

IDEAS FOR YOUR TEAMS

Team Costumes (Holiday Spirited) that relate to your Group/Company, Customized Santa Hats & Customized Team T-Shirts . . . have fun with it!

PUB CRAWL ROUTES

Pub Crawl will feature FOUR fun routes to choose from (WILSHIRE, MAIN ST., PROMENADE and PIER). Routes will fill up fast so hurry and sign up or email us at smpcrawl@gmail.com and we will choose one for you!

FUN FACTS !!!

  • Make Believe Costumes on Pico Blvd. is offering 15% off all purchases when mentioning "SANTA Monica Pub Crawl" at check out. www.makebelieve.to
  • Yellow Cab is providing free Taxi Dollars to the first 50 ppl to check in to the starting locations
  • BIG BLUE BUS is offering Unlimited Rides all night for $4. Purchase yours HERE
  • Skuuzi - this super fun and trendy beer cozi glove company is offering 50% OFF with Code: SMPC, 10% of all proceeds go to Westside Food Bank. Order yours today at www.skuzzi.com!
  • Make Believe Costumes on Pico Blvd. is offering 15% off all purchases when mentioning "SANTA Monica Pub Crawl" at check out. www.makebelieve.to
  • First 300 ppl to check-in to each starting location will receive one free membership week at Equinox!
  • Equinox is also offering a $0 initiation fee for all pub crawl registrants and participants during the month of December. To activate go to equinox.com/experience and enter in activation code S3008009 or email danica.radulovich@equinox.com

WANNA BE A SANTA LEADER?

Think you got what it takes to be a SANTA leader and lead a route???  Email smpcrawl@gmail.com to sign up for time slot and a route.

VOLUNTEERS

We need you!!! Santa is in need of some elves to help man the starting locations for the Westside Food Bank. To be an official volunteer and sign up for a time slot the night of the crawl, please email smpcrawl@gmail.com.

WESTSIDE FOOD BANK

Westside Food Bank’s mission is to distribute as much food as possible to local agencies with food assistance programs and to reduce food waste on the Westside of Los Angeles County. As the food bank warehouse for the Westside since 1981, they annually distribute nearly 4 million pounds of food to the food assistance programs of 65 Westside social service agencies. They do not distribute food directly to individuals, only to agencies. www.westsidefoodbankca.org

Want to know more about the Westside Food Bank? Watch this video!

The SANTA Monica Pub Crawl is a community event and encourages responsible drinking by participants.  When taking part in any events that involve drinking, always keep safety first. Don’t DRINK and DRIVE and assign a designated driver at the beginning of the night, call a taxi, or use public transportation.



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