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AHOY LANDLUBBER!

You have not volunteered for basic training! You are on the bridge! You should click on your Birthplace, visit the kennel and adopt a dog!  In the meantime, look at your Score Card or the Public Ledger but that is about it! You will pull back a nub if you touch anything else.This page is for Pirates and Sailors who have volunteered for basic training and pretend to know what they are doing.

Arrrrr Mate! Take the wheel!

You have sworn and spit an oath to the flag of the 13 colonies so I trust you!
This page will not show until you are logged in. The blue action buttons will not be active but may help you understand how to go on treasure hunts for good cheer and good deeds!
This page trades volunteer minutes and more, for rewards. There is some George Washington pirate adventure thrown in!  For example, you may have to volunteer for a few "loony minutes" before being served a July 4th hot dog.
A Dubloon is a pirate coin that we call a "loony."  It represents  something around 1 minute of volunteering.  Also, if you are making Christmas cookies or grilling July 4, hot dogs it equals about 25 cents worth of ingredients.   "Loonies" are  how we score pirate "booty!"  You can see your score at the top right or on your scorecard below.
Randomly dig around on the treasure maps shown below and unwrap a few gifts. This will give you lots of examples of how to  "Share Good Cheer."
When you understand what real treasure is, use the "create" link to make enough gifts of 1 to 5 minutes each to total at least 25 volunteer minutes. Play the "George Washington Christmas Game" a few times with 25 minutes.  Then make your "loony booty" as big as possible with more volunteering as the biggest booty wins!
After you play a few times you will discover how to "Visit The Kennel" to adopt a scurvy dog and train it for volunteer missions like the Karaoke Challenge Game, Pirate School or the Boat Parade.  
If your dog is trained enough for "Special Heroes" or the "Boat Parade" you may discover "Secret Code Words" that give you clues to treasure maps.  Code words let you sneak in the back door of volunteer venues and find treasure other people can't find.
If you are not 18, or don't want to login, you are in luck! Special Heroes Christmas stories, the George Washington Christmas game and the George Washington baking challenge are more fun when you don't use your phone to register!  These are great Christmas activities for anyone that you can do all year long without your phone in your hand.
Christmas day, 1776 George Washington crossed the Delaware with 2,400 marines that were called "Scurvy Dog Pirates" by the British.  3 activities celebrate Christmas and our countries independence.  They are much easier to play without using your phone or being online!  1) A Christmas story of Special Heroes, that can honor any family member or friend with a tribute. 2) A George Washington Christmas Game, where you trade good cheer instead of something you buy at a store.  You can share as much good cheer as you want with nobody going broke! 3) A George Washington baking challenge, where you tie, bake and eat the 5 nuati knots marines must know.
If you are online:
Below are the treasure maps where you can dig for "Good Cheer." The easy way to dig is to click on a flag or picture to open it, then click on "Share Good Cheer" if you dig it.  Avoid exploring and sailing off this page!  Use the loony button to fill back up with good cheer.  Your public ledger at the top right of this page keeps track of your adventure.
The hard way to dig is using the create button and volunteer to go sailing off this page to "Share Good Cheer!". If you volunteer you could win "President For A Day," while turning a Special Hero into a Super Hero.
You will be called "President George" instead of "King George" because you have the biggest booty! (In 1776 "Booty" meant the munitions and supplies liberated from British ships to help us win our freedom. What were you thinking this patriotic Christmas word "Booty" meant?)
In 1776 on Christmas day you could call the Tun Tavern in Philadelphia Pennsylvania a Thrift And Volunteer Exchange (TAVE).  The free exchange of hunting weapons, farm tools, fishing boats, Christmas baked goods and the joyous singing of "Yankee Doodle Dandy," created the good cheer that inspired the American spirit of the all volunteer Continental army. Every volunteer at the Pirate Dive Bar has a TAVE on their country page. All the volunteers of the Continental army had different things they could share. They gave the list to the quartermaster. Your list of good cheer is called your TAVE and is on the bottom of your country page.  If you see nothing on a country page keep digging by choosing another volunteer.
The ideal volunteer venue is a place you already regularly go to.  Examples would be the dog park, your apartment or HOA clubhouse is the best, the break room at work, a sports bar or community center.  A volunteer venue can also be mobile and your boat makes a very special volunteer venue for pirate school or the boat parade even if your family and friends are the only volunteers on it!  A volunteer venue makes it easy to know what good cheer to create and who you can easily share it with.
A volunteer mission has most of its planning, organization and even rehearsals online but does meet for specific events such as the "Karaoke Challenge Game," "Pirate School," "Meet New Dogs," and other activities.  To learn more about volunteer missions, train your scurvy dog at the "kennel" at any volunteer venue.
The Christmas game shows you gifts that have been created for this game.  Read them to be inspired to "share good cheer"  with your loved ones when you play the Christmas game.
The Christmas Baking Challenge are pictures you can vote on or share good cheer with.  They are a fun way to celebrate two miracle Christmas births.  One is the miracle birth of a nation.  If your place of worship is a volunteer venue with a bake sale of Christmas goodies, anyone from anywhere in the world, can click on  pictures of baked goods to share good cheer.  If you are too far away to pick them up, you might gift them to volunteers already at the venue.  Christmas bakers may be able to recycle the good cheer into support for any cause or mission they want.
 
 
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This section will be open in Jan. 2026.  In the meantime, take a look at the boat parade software! You will be able to choose a boat by picture, parade number, registration, username and lots of different ways.  Then you can watch their live-stream and participate in the activities they have.  Some boats will give you "Secret Code Words," to help you find buried treasure.  Some boats will practice their interactive live-stream during rehearsals, catfishing tournaments or during Pirate School.  See the "Catfishing Report" at 10 am Saturdays.
You can look who signed the 250th birthday card and what message they left!
These are gifts created for a specific mission. For example in the "Meet New Dogs" mission you might have dog challenges or dog treat prizes. In the Karaoke Challenge Game you might be suggesting props for a rehearsal. In pirate school you might be offering to teach sailing for a half day.
These are all the volunteers that have registered.  When you click on a volunteer you go to their country page and see what type of good cheer they are bringing to the 250th birthday party! 
These are local gathering places for volunteers.  Anyone can create them on the Treasure page.  When you visit the kennel, train your scurvy dog for volunteer missions at the volunteer venue.  Use secret code words you get from "Special Heroes," the "Boat Parade," or Mermaids to sneak in the back door for a pirate raid.
These are pictures of the baking challenge.  You can vote on them or "Share Good Cheer"
A Random act of Kindess! (ARK) This great idea was from Rabbi Levi Mentz at JewishForsyth.org.  Read and see pictures of anonymous acts of kindness.
These are people that want to volunteer for missions like the Karaoke Challenge Game, Boat Parade, Special Heroes etc. When you click on a person you go to their country and can join them on volunteer missions.

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Moderation Score 0 Sailor
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1 Loonies (Volunteer reward points)
A clove Hitch for the Nauti Knotty Photo Contest

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1 Loonies (Volunteer reward points)
Make any type of food into the USA flag

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1 Loonies (Volunteer reward points)
How to bake a cookie that looks like a double sheet bend

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1776 Loonies (Volunteer reward points)
My good friend Betsy Ross created our flag!

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Happy July 4th!

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1 Loonies (Volunteer reward points)
1 Loony Get 10% off calzone 11 to 310% off

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This is my next test of course

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Score Keeping App for Golf

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This is my next test of course

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Happy Birthday USA

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1 Loony Get $1 off, when you spend over $4 not after 5pmGreat Hamburger again

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1 Loonies (Volunteer reward points)
1 Loony Get $2 off of1 Loony Get $2 off, when you spend over $201 Loony Get % off1 Loony Get a free when you buy1 Loony Upgrade to1 Loony Upgrade small to Large1 Loony Upgrade medium to Large1 Loony BOGO1 Loony Rent a for $2 per hour not valid after 5 pmBest Hamburger Ever!

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This is my next test

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Hi flock of canaries

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Hi Canary testors!

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1 Loonies (Volunteer reward points)
Another Birthday test!

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Happy 250th USA

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1 Loony Get $1 off of Hamburger Before 5 pmHAPPY BIRTHDAY

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1 Loonies (Volunteer reward points)
Leftover chicken wings

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Hot Chicken wings!

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1 Loonies (Volunteer reward points)
Another test

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somthing for a test

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Knotty Nauti

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something

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Comes with your favorite sides!

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4 Loonies Get $2 off of WingsBest wings in town

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It will look great!

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What a catch

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Hey, would I lie to you?

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Broken in perfect!

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2 Loonies (Volunteer reward points)
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