DATE/TIME: Saturday, December 16 from 11:30AM until 3PM.
LOCATION: Brighton Town Park. Carmen Clark Lodge. Plenty of parking and a nearby playground if the weather is nice enough. The lodge is an enclosed, heated building that holds 100 people. It has indoor restrooms, two working fireplaces, and a kitchen with refrigerator, stovetop, and oven.
PARK RULES: No pets, smoking, or helium balloons in the lodge and no alcohol anywhere in the park! Please do not feed the wildlife. (Passing along the primary rules that we might encounter.)
ADDITIONAL INFO: Important additional information has been posted on Facebook and the GeoRoc reddit-based forum (https://www.reddit.com/r/georoc/comments/7ei6fi/11th_annual_georoc_family_holiday_event/).
FOOD & DRINK: Please bring a dish to pass or beverages (no alcohol). Post what you’re bringing and I’ll keep a running list below. We will not be doing any grilling. Crock pots welcome (I'll have power strips available) and there is a stovetop and oven available.
RAFFLES: Two raffles will be available…”pick-a-prize” style, where you get to enter your raffle tickets for prizes you hope to win, and a 40/30/20/10 raffle. If you’d like to donate one or more GEOCACHING-RELATED items for the pick-a-prize raffle, let myself or Team Daisydog know. Raffle drawing will start around 1:30PM.
GROUP PHOTO: Will be taken after the raffle drawings.
EVENT ACTIVITIES:
--- ICE BREAKER: Pick up your game piece from Mud Dancer after you sign in!
--- UGLY SWEATER CONTEST: Wear your "ugly" holiday sweater! If you would like to be a contestant, sign up with Edina351 at the party. Voting will occur once everyone has had a chance to show them off. There are prizes for the top two winners based on popular (not electoral) vote.
--- TB RACE: Sherminator18 will be coordinating the TB race for 2018. Anyone who would like to participate get your TB activated and ready. Then bring it with you and Sherminator18 will get you all set up! This year they'll be racing to our friend Millieballon's "TB Hotel Leiden International" cache (GC1FXJZ) in the Netherlands!
--- ALPHABET SOUP CONTEST: Team Daisydog (TDD) has an ALPHABET SOUP series of caches featuring each each letter of the alphabet. At this event TDD will do a special drawing for those completing 22 of them (it excludes Q, T, U & W). Each person completing the series will get a raffle ticket and from those a grand prize giveaway will be drawn. The grand prize is an ammo can ready for placement with a log book and swag, and an **extra special prize** inside the can for winner to keep. So get out there and finish finding those TDD caches! To help you with this, there's a bookmark list on this page with all of the caches that you must find in order to qualify for the drawing. *You must at least stop by the event and show TDD that you qualify in order to get your ticket for the drawing; you do not have to be present at the drawing.*
--- EVENT CACHE: mar416 has put together a cache hide for the event. Pick up the info when you arrive.
VOLUNTEERS: We are ALL SET for volunteers. Thanks to all who have offered to help!!.
--- Bring paper products (plates, cups, plasticware, napkins): DONE! (Supplies left from summer event.)
--- Set-up (meet at 10:30AM): Mud Dancer, JAKKTeam, Eyeash
--- Sign-in/greeters: chickenelbows, Mama Harv
--- Ice breaker game: Mud Dancer
--- Photographer (for group picture): igator210
--- Clean-up (we HAVE to be cleaned up and vacated by 3:30PM): Mud Dancer, Edina351, igator210
WHAT FOLKS ARE BRINGING:
Mud Dancer: Cranberry Delight Spread and Townhouse crackers
Sherminator18: crockpot of chili
tanders & Timmothy: TBD
mar416: pulled pork
Edina351: veggie tray
fondue4two: crockpot of cocktail wieners
Eyeash: maybe Ceviche or Tabbouleh
biglbe: dessert of some kind, probably a tray of Christmas cookies
merrygoround09: Barbecued Hamburgers and rolls
Captain Jon: assortment of cold pop and drinks
Peppermill 6-Pack: some kind of dessert
Mama Harv: cannoli dip
GO Geiger: cheesecake-like dessert (peppermint tart or truffles or Polish cheesecake)
ZillaCloud: TBD
Allyn Birch/Candy Apple: rolls and butter
JAKSolantern: TBD
tonkavette & Lovebug: potato salad and maybe chocolate chip cookies
Edina351: veggie tray
chickenelbows & Hiker Charlie: deviled eggs
igator210: fruit salad
No-sleep: tray of cheese and crackers
lea1775 & nogard4b: mac and cheese
JAKKTeam: tin of holiday cookies
odhome: 7-layer salad
Tt1984: pasta, mac or potato salad
candlestick: TBD
MsBirder: TBD
DNTOKENS: cookies
ElbaPatch & HFJohn: crockpot of BBQ ribs
jeffandchrissy: TBD
Merida66: chips and salsa
wwkayaker: TBD
CanUSeeIT: Lookout's Famous Fudge