More details about Summer Gathering Party

Hello Everybody Please post this Ct Message Board if you can come to the party and said how many people are coming so that way it will help me to make sure Nancy K. have enough tags for everybody and will help us to know how many rolls for raffles for tickets. Please email to Kim to help her for kids and adult activies will be greatly appreciated!!!! The more people help us and the more fun will be at the party!!! I will make sign to out like this "WLS PARTY" so you will see that sign when you are on the road. Also I will make my daugther to paint colorful on each shoe boxes for raffles ticket in it since she loves to paint ! SMILE! This is from Kim : I have been designated as the activities director of this great event we are having. If any of you have any good ideas for us to do that day whether its a volley ball game, kids games, arts and crafts for the kids, temp tattoos, face painting etc. I am going to List some things I have come up for our party and if anyone wants to help please let me know. FOR THE KIDS: 1. Face Painting 2. Temporary Tattoos 3. Nail Painting 4. Making Arts & Crafts of some sort 5. Kite Flying Contest 6. Frizbee Throwing Contest 7. Baseball Throw Contest 8. Various Games to play 9. Freeze Dance 10. Baseball Game 11. Scavenger Hunt I will try to arrange some nice little prizes for the kids from somewhere too. I have connections with my job at the Orange Community Center. FOR THE ADULTS: 1. Music (someone bring boomboxes,maybe CDs) 2. Dancing 3. Volley Ball 4. Frizbee 5. Badmitten 6. Bocce 7. Baseball Game 8. The Picture Game (with the before pictures) We want to have a raffle so if anyone wants to donate prizes, gift cards, etc. We would appreciate all the help we can get from everyone in our OH family to make this event a wonderful success. Come on don't miss this fun time at Harkness Park in July!!!! It will be such a great time to get to know your fellow weightloss family and hear their stories, get to know their families and friends and just enjoy each other and have a great time. If you have any questions please feel free to e-mail Carolyn Stangle, at ([email protected]) or myself at ([email protected]) or Kathy Krewsky at ([email protected]) This is flyer about the party: Summer Gathering at Harkness Park 275 Great Neck Rd. Waterford, Ct. 06385 The Summer Gathering at Harkness Park will be Saturday, July 16th at 11:00am. Rain date will be the following Saturday, July 30th. The gathering is open to our entire message board family; those looking into weight loss surgery, pre-ops, post-ops and all of your family members and significant others. Harkness is a beautiful ocean side state park with a lovely mansion, miles of walking paths and European gardens. Harkness is also a dog friendly park but dogs must be leashed at all times and you must clean up after your dog. We are planning a volleyball game but there is plenty of room for other activities so encourage the family to bring whatever they enjoy doing. It is a popular place for kite flying and rollerblading. There is easy access to the beach but swimming is not permitted, though you often see children wading in the channel searching for crabs. If you are a fisherman you may want to bring your poles. What to BringWe ask that people bring their own chairs, blankets and picnic lunch. There are picnic tables and several charcoal grills on site if needed. We will have a small 10'x10' canopy but there is plenty of shade and a cool ocean breeze. We will have "WLS Gathering" signs posted. We are not setting an ending time to our party because people may choose to spend the whole day. The park is open till sun set. PhotosWe are planning a "getting to know you activity". Please bring a pre-surgery photo if you are post-op. We will be collecting photos. The photos will later be passed out to random individuals or two-person teams to find the person that matches the photo. That person will then be tagged and will wear their "before" picture. Please feel free to share other photos or albums. I know many of you are scrap booking your journey and we would all love to see your creative memories. RaffleWe will also be holding a raffle to raise money for the Obesity Foundation, which is planning their "Walk for Obesity" for September 24th. If you have any items for raffle please contact Kathy. Example: I will be donating some of my jewelry. You may have a business or a craft that others would be interested in. Be creative, these do not have to be big donations. We thought it would be a fun activity . DirectionsHarkness is fairly well marked. We recommend using MapQuest so that you can get directions from your home.If you have any questions please feel free to e-mail me Carolyn Stangle, at [email protected] Kathy Krewsky [email protected] or Kim Callahan at [email protected] We are lookign forward to see all of you there!!! Please spread the words about this party to everybody!!! Thank you !!! Kathy K