Scavenger Hunt through the Old Market

The Old Market

This morning (Tuesday June 10th) Micah Corps started at Urban Abbey in downtown Omaha. The Micah Corps actually went on a scavenger hunt through the Old Market. This activity is called I-Spy a Neighborhood Community: Exploring the Neighborhood with New Eyes in the Old Market hosted by Lisa Maupin and Jaimee Trobough. Lisa and Jaimee gave us pictures of random things in the Old Market and we had to look for them and, later, discuss their meanings in the community. Let me tell you, we did find a lot of the signs or locations in the pictures, and some were difficult to find.   The main point of this activity is to go out there and see how the Old Market community is friendly and unfriendly to the vulnerable people living there.  For example, we had to look for a handicap parking sign in the Old Market parking area. Unfortunately we did not see handicap parking signs that often through our scavenger hunt. Another example is the Safe Place sign. If you are asking yourself, what is a Safe Place sign, a Safe Place sign means that a business is certified to help if someone, mostly mothers and children, needs a place to stay or a shelter. They can go inside and a staff of that business can help them by giving the more information. We saw Safe Place signs in some business in the Old Market. This is a great activity that we can do in our own communities; it is simple and fun to do with anyone and this is a great opportunity to learn more about our own home communities.