Find Waldo in Mendham, Support Local Business

Like one of America's most wanted, everyone knows the face. Beady eyes, black rimmed specs and the striped shirt. And like famous fictional fugitive Dr. Richard Kimble, he is always the subject of an intense manhunt.

And now, the search for the infamous Waldo has come home to Mendham for the month of July.

The famous children’s book character is visiting 19 different local locations (18 businesses and the Mendham Borough Library) throughout the community this month and is leaving behind a six-inch cutout of himself.

Those eagle-eyed residents who spot it in 14 or more spots can win prizes, including stickers, book coupons and more. 

Finding Waldo is a summer vacation activity for parents and children that costs nothing and doesn't even require anyone to leave town. 

Anyone who wishes to participate can pick up a “Find Waldo Local in Mendham!” passport with the names of all the participating sites at Mendham Books, and then get their passport initialed for each Waldo they spot. Waldo will be hiding at the following nineteen different locations:

1.      Blue Ridge Pools at the Mendham Village Shopping Center

2.      The Chocolate Shoppe at the Mendham Village Shopping Center

3.      Country Coffee Shop at the Mendham Village Shopping Center

4.      Mathnasium at the Mendham Village Shopping Center

5.      Mendham Books at the Mendham Village Shopping Center

6.      Mendham Jewelers at the Mendham Village Shopping Center

7.      Pet Valu at the Mendham Village Shopping Center

8.      The UPS Store at the Mendham Village Shopping Center

9.      Village Pizza at the Mendham Village Shopping Center

10.  Wicker Basket at the Mendham Village Shopping Center

11.  Black Horse Pub at 1 West Main Street

12.  Colonial Pantry at 5 West Main Street

13.  La Famiglia at 7 West Main Street

14.  Mendham Borough Library at 10 Hilltop Road

15.  Mendham Garden Center at 11 West Main Street

16.  Para L’Elle at 13 West Main Street

17.  Robinson’s Drug and Compounding Center at 2 East Main Street

18.  Simply Country at 1 East Main Street

19.  Windswept Boutique at 4 East Main Street

Over 100 kids have already signed up and there is still plenty of time to participate – the event runs through the entire month of July. The first 100 Waldo seekers to get their passports initialed at ten or more sites can bring their passports back to Mendham Books to collect prizes. 

Collecting initials at 14 or more businesses will entitle diligent seekers to entry in a grand prize drawing on July 31, with the top prize being a 6-volume deluxe set of Waldo books.  There will also be a party open to all on Wednesday, July 3  from 2 to 3:30 p.m.

Where’s Waldo is the creation of Martin Handford, whose entertaining drawings of crowd scenes swept the world in 1987. Since then, the Where’s Waldo books have held a cherished spot on bookstore shelves the world over. There are now over 58 million Waldo books in print worldwide and they’ve been translated into eighteen languages. An entire generation has grown up searching for Waldo and his cast of wandering companions. 

For more information about hunting for Waldo in Mendham, call Mendham Books at (973)–543–4949.