![]() Considering that legions of Pokemon Go players are walking around everywhere, maybe she shouldn’t be. Quick is surprised so many people wanted to jump on her bandwagon so quickly. I actually met Lyndsey (Reyes), the organizer of James Mission, a couple months ago by happenstance of the location of my Bible study, and I’m very confident that she does right by the money that’s given to her organization.” “And so my heart has always been set on children without families. ![]() “I guess you can say that ever since I was little I pictured adopting kids, not having them,” she said. Quick chose James Mission as the beneficiary of the inaugural Pokemon Go 5k because it is dedicated to adoption and foster services for children. Latecomers were disappointed to be excluded, but - consolation prize - Quick intends to stage a sequel in the near future. Quick had to shut down registration at 1,000 (40 timed runners, 960 walkers/joggers) a week and a half before the event. More than 500 people committed to the 5k (and a Pokemon hunt afterward) within three days after a heads-up was posted on a Tulsa Pokemon Go Facebook page. Like the game itself, the race was instantly embraced. Quick is the organizer of the Pokemon Go 5k, which will take place 7 p.m. “I mean, with things like eggs in the game that hatch at 5k and 10k walked by the gamer, it’s almost impossible to not think of a race centered around the game,” she said. Tired, she considered not running the day Pokemon Go was released, but, mobile phone in hand, she knocked out three miles - and hatched a plan. She runs between four and 10 miles per week. Quick has been a runner since the eighth grade. Now 24 years old, she learned that Pokemon Go was “out” when she saw Facebook chatter about someone catching a Bulbasaur. The backstory: Quick described herself as a 90s kid who played Pokemon video games, watched Pokemon episodes and collected Pokemon cards. She came up with a Pokemon Go-related idea that will benefit a charity, the James Mission. Props to Quick for getting Pokemon hunting to count for something. Quick said Pokemon hunting can feel like real hunting, especially when it comes to the frustration of “animals” suddenly vanishing. “She was my favorite of the Eevee evolutions and I ended up getting four Flareons and one Jolteon before getting her.” ![]() “I was super excited to finally get a Vaporeon!” Quick said. Some Pokemon creatures are more rare than others. It’s a Pokemon critter - one of many gotta catch ’em all - that Pokemon Go players have been trying to “capture” with mobile phones since the wildly popular augmented reality game was released earlier this month. It’s just that she graduated from turkey hunter to Pidgey hunter. It’s not like I grew into disliking hunting, but I try not to do it too much for sport anymore.” “But I tend to go now just to hang out with my dad while he hunts. “The last time I went was probably last winter,” she said. Quick doesn’t do much “real” hunting now. When she was a 10-year-old fourth grader at Briarglen Elementary, she made news by bagging a 21-pound gobbler. Photos of her with wild game have appeared in the outdoors section of the Tulsa World more than once. When hunter graduates to Pokemon hunter, charity winsīy JIMMIE TRAMEL World Scene Writer Jul 25, 2016
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