Come one! Come all!
Join us for
Farmington Valley Home Educators Group
Field Day!
Date: Friday, May 27, 2011
Time: 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Place: Granbrook Park, Rt. 189/Hartford Avenue, East Granby, Connecticut
Cost: $4 per person (includes picnic lunch and loads of fun)
RSVP: by email to Chris Gorton at readabook2750@yahoo.com . Chris will reply with where you can send payment.
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED:
Let me know if you can help out with games, shopping for the food, beverages and tablecloths and paper supplies, manning the grill to cook burgers and such.
As in the past, we will have games like 50 yard dash, relay races, ball games, sack race, 3-legged race, the awesome obstacle course and more! Granbrook Park has tennis courts, a baseball diamond, horseshoe pits, playground, and a lovely large picnic pavilion for us to enjoy. We will set up all the activities and let the kids roam at will. Parents may need to help timing races or with directions at some of the games. If anyone wants to bring basketballs for free-throw, or whiffle ball supplies, or tennis rackets and balls, that would be appreciated. I will bring 2 sets of horseshoes for the pits. There is a section of the Salmon Brook that runs along the back side of this park. It has an inviting sandy beach area. However, be advised, there are "Posted: No Swimming" signs up. You will need to supervise your own kids if they want to be by the brook. I would recommend sneakers or watershoes/sandals for this park. No activities will be planned near the brook. (Although, the kids all congregate there anyway at some point. :-) Who can resist all that water and the critters to be found there? :-)
We will have a barbecue picnic lunch. We will supply the burgers and hot dogs and veggie-burgers and all the fixings, plus juice and water. Please consider bringing a food item to share at the picnic, such as a salad or chips or dessert. With each of us bringing a little something you don't have to make enough for an army.
RSVP by filling out the following registration (copy and paste it into an email) and emailing it to Chris Gorton at readabook2750@yahoo.com. She will reply with where you can send payment.
I hope you can join us for a day that is devoted to pure and simple fun!
Kris McCue Field Day registration
1. How many from your family will attend field day?
2. How many of each of the following for your family:
hamburgers hot dogs veggie burgers
3. How many drinks for your family?
water juice boxes
(This year I will bring large water jugs, gallons or larger. There will be cups and pens for each to write their name on a cup to reuse. You can also bring your own water bottles from home and refill them as you need.)
4. Will you bring a dish to share at the picnic? Please tell if it will be a salad, or a dessert, or chips, etc...
5. We need your email and phone number, in case we need to contact you regarding any changes to the plan.
6. Can you help supervise a game, or bring any supplies such as balls and other sports equipment as mentioned in the announcement above? We always need stopwatches so the kids can be timed at the various races and particularly the 50-yard dash.
