Couples will race across Morristown Saturday to win $10K engagement ring

Ricardo Kaulessar | NorthJersey

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MORRISTOWN — One lucky couple will win a $10,000 diamond ring on Saturday, and a great story to tell their grandchildren about the day they got engaged.

But it all comes with a hitch: The winning couple will have to defeat 21 other couples in an “Amazing Race”-style scavenger hunt throughout town, solving a series of clues and mini-contests.

The first ones to cross the finish line will win the ring, but only if they get engaged on the spot.

The Diamond Dash is the brainchild of Braunschweiger Jewelers, a mainstay in downtown Morristown for more than 60 years, which will be holding this event for the first time.

The race, according to Robin Braunschweiger Silva, the store's marketing and events manager, will start at 11 a.m. in front of the store on South Street and end at a secret location.

"It's our way of giving a lucky couple an incredible start on their new lives together and we just love to being part of that 'happily ever after,'" Silva said. "Anything we can do to make the expense of a wedding, which is so big, a little bit easier on them, that's what we're here for."

Along with the first place winners, the two couples who finish next will win an overnight stay at the Hyatt and a $300 engagement photo shoot.

And each participating couple will receive swag bags including $100 gift card to Braunschweiger Jewelers and giveaway items from the participating Morristown-area businesses.

The race will include stops at the businesses. Silva said the event was organized in part to put a spotlight on them.

The couples, who come from all over the state, including Bergen, Passaic and Morris counties, will register at the store to pick up maps, find out the rules, and have breakfast before the race, Silva said.

Among the participants are Scott Maxwell and Agata Mielczarek of Westfield, who have been together for about two years.

She said they found out about the contest through posts on social media and had to fill out a form to explain why they wanted to take part in the race.

Mielczarek, 26, said she and Maxwell, 28, are excited, even anxious, as the day grows closer.

"We talked about not sleeping at all on Friday before the race," Mielczarek said. "We are nervous in a good way."

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Mielczarek said she hopes they will win, but if not, they are just happy to take part.

"We have talked about it here and there, about getting engaged. He heard about this and he was like, 'You want to do it? Even if we don't win, it will just be like a day out and it will be fun," Mielczarek said. "And I said, 'Sure, why not. I'm in. I figured if we win that, the money is going to spent on vacation instead."

Ricardo Kaulessar is a local reporter for NorthJersey.com. For unlimited access to the most important news from your local community, please subscribe or activate your digital account today.

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