The Social Distancing Puzzles

“The Social Distancing Puzzles” is live!

Recently, some rather important things have taken our attention away from the coronavirus pandemic, but the pandemic is not over, and the economic effects of the pandemic are DEFINITELY not over.

Over ten million people have lost their jobs since the beginning of the year. Many of those people do not have enough savings to see them through this dire time, and the government seems disinterested in extending financial assistance any further than they already have. Demand on food bank charities is increasing, and will likely increase further before the economy finally gets back on its feet.

And what can a puzzlemaker do about any of this? Well, I guess I can make some puzzles, and ask people who would like to solve them to first make a donation to Feeding America, a four-star rated charity (Charity Navigator) with a network of hundreds of food banks around the country.

For this project, I devised a suite of puzzles that you’ll need to solve with a partner, either over the phone or in the same room. Sometimes you’ll work on your own, exchanging answers with your partner when you have them. Sometimes you’ll need to work closely with your partner to reach those answers.

To get the puzzles, click here. You’ll see a link to my page on the Feeding America Web site. Make a donation, take a screenshot of your receipt, and upload it to me. (It’s easy, you’ll see.) You’ll get the puzzles via e-mail moments later.

I hope you — and whoever you solve with — enjoy The Social Distancing Puzzles.