Have you ever wanted to be part of something big? Sure you have, but sometimes life just gets in the way of you climbing Mount Everest or cliff diving in Rio.

But sometimes if you are lucky enough the opportunity comes to you, and if you are smart enough, you jump at that opportunity.Such an event is in the making in the Kunkletown area and you are invited to be a part of it.On Saturday a group of people from Eldred Township will be hosting an event to break the Guinness World Record for people playing Monopoly at one time, in one place.That place is the lower Mountain Adventure Center at Blue Mountain Ski Area."When my son, Hunter, was 6 we gave him a Guinness Book of World Records as a Christmas present," said Donna Deihl of Kunkletown. "He was hooked. We still get him a new book every year for Christmas."Hunter Deihl is now 20."Last Christmas Hunter opened his book and said, 'We need to break a record,' said Deihl. "So we did a Google search to see what we thought we would be able to accomplish and we picked the most people playing the game Monopoly at one time."Donna Deihl, never one to disappoint her son, took the challenge and ran with it."I filed the application online in March, and in six weeks we found out we were accepted by the Guinness people to proceed with the challenge. We then received the 40-page list of rules and requirements,"Deihl put together a small committee of her friends to accomplish her mission. Her friends, Karen Hayes, Judy Neill, Sue Dengler and Deb Cardinella all pitched in to help.The rules require three officials from Guinness to be present to witness the event. This is at a cost of $8,000 plus travel expenses from England. The rules do allow an alternative option, which requires a number of "officials" be present to verify the proceedings.The Deihls decided on the second option."We have two official witnesses, two official timers and for every 50 people playing we must have a group steward. Each group of 50 people will be color coded," said Deihl.The rules also require that brand new games are used for the event."This gave us an idea," said Deihl. "We have 107 brand new games, each game has a sticker saying it was used to break the world record. The games will be sold for $10 each after we break the record. The money from the games, along with money we raise from a basket raffle and a 50/50 will go to AWSOM (Animal Welfare Society of Monroe)."Participants are also being encouraged to bring donated items, such as scoopable kitty litter, dog food or cleaning products for AWSOM. Anyone bringing a donated item will be entered into a grand prize drawing for two tickets/pit passes to the NASCAR race at Pocono Raceway the following weekend.Pre-registration is not permitted. So getting the word out in advance is very important to Deihl and her committee.Registration will begin at 1:30 p.m. and the games will begin at 3 p.m. The game will be played for 30 minutes. Participants must be at least 8 years of age to play."The current record is 316, we don't want to just break the record, we want to shatter the record," said Deihl.Deihl is hoping to have 500 participants show up to play.Some of the "celebrity" officials expected include: Sen. Mario Scavello (40th District), Sheriff Todd Martin, Becca and Malone from Cat Country radio, veterinarian Dr. Karin-Susan Breitlauch and many other local officials and other well known "folks around town."Blue Mountain Ski Area donated the space for the event and Blue Ridge Cable Channel 13 is donating the official videographer."This will be a great way to spend a Saturday afternoon," Deihl said. "For about four hours of your life, you will get to be part of a world record, listen to some great music, meet some new friends, help a great cause and have a chance to win some great prizes."If the record is broken, the official record holder will be Hunter Deihl."My mother is my best friend," Hunter said. "She is always there, when I do good or not so good, thick and thin. She is the best."I have always wanted to break a world record, as long as I could remember. I have never wanted to be part of the crowd, I've always wanted to stand out from the crowd and now I will have a great conversation starter, 'I hold a world record.' Awesome."