Picnic Pics!!!

Yesterday's First Annual RGA Picnic, held at Washington Market Park's beautiful gazebo, was an enormous success!!! The event was headed up by Isadora Bolton, Mary Shanahan and Meilyn Soto-Chapman, who all deserve enormous thanks for their efforts, as do all the family, faculty and administrators who generously contributed to the raffle* (*more details to come)!

According to Margaret Ng, the raffle —which brought in a whopping $1,152 into the PA coffers — was the evening's highlight. "PA co-president Sherrill Collins worked her magic and was busy selling raffle tickets until seconds before the drawing. The raffle box was overfilled with ticket stubs,and children lined up to each place a hand into the raffle box to draw out the winning ticket for each raffled item. I'm not sure who was more excited, the children who welcomed the opportunity to pick the winning ticket or the parents who won the prizes!"

Mary Shanahan further reported, "I can’t believe how many people came; how many people brought food; and how much fun everyone had together! The lower school children loved the hats and bubbles that Iz brought. Erika Kirkland and Brittany Newman both came as clowns, to the delight of the children, whom they presented with wonderful balloon creations! A lot of new families attended. The raffle was dramatic and fun, thanks to Nathan (otherwise known as Mr. D). Everyone discovered Washington Market Park, and, with luck, the school will make use of this nearby resource frequently in the future!

While thunderstorms prevailed on the originally scheduled date, the weather was perfect yesterday for picnicking!! (Great banner, btw, Iz!)

(Photos courtesy of Meilyn Soto-Chapman; Picasa upload graciously handled by Louis Diaz!)