Halloween Family Picnic Oct 28, 2007

Special thanks to the moms and dads that contributed candy, great spooky dishes to the potluck and donated money to help with the event. We also appreciate the many parents who stepped up to help with the games and activities!

(Jackie):
Huge thank yous to everyone who helped. We set up but you all make the party! You also donated ¥16,600 which very nearly covered our entire costs! This really helps us to ensure the event happens next year too. Apologies if your child was one of the few who wasn't quick enough to catch a doughnut or an apple. (I think mine cried the loudest - was there a prize for that??) We were caught unawares by the huge increase in numbers from last year, but we will do our best to make sure there are more next year, so please come back and try again! We are already working on ways to improve for next time!

Given the growing numbers, we would welcome anyone out there who would like to help us to host one of the scheduled events next year. We need people to be responsible for their "own" events, as well as helpers for existing ones. If you feel up to the challenge, PLEASE get in touch with any of the organizers sometime before September next year!

The event was run this year by: Ewen (Gamemaster), Michele (Coloring Section), Lorna (Apple Dunker-in Chief) , Joy (Potluck & Pinata) and Jackie (Scary Donut Clown)

(Joy) Special thanks to everyone who helped clear up (and even took a bag of gomi back home with them) and thanks to the Foreign Buyer's Club who donated a goodie-filled hamper for the pumpkin carving contest, and to Flying Pig for their generous donation of the huge, fabulous Halloween cake and pumpkin pie.
We had planned to give prizes to the most halloween-y dishes this year at the potluck, but they disappeared too quickly to judge, we will have a polaroid camera on hand for next year to capture your creations so we can all vote on our favorites to win.

I missed so many chances to take photos, so if you'd like your Halloween pictures to be included in the slide show below, upload them to Flickr and tag them with "ghhalloweenkids07". Add a separate "gethiroshima" tag to have them appear in the little widgets we have on the blog and main site. If your photo gets marked as the most favorite by the end of the year (12/31/2007), we will send you a little prize in the mail. It is free to join Flickr and free to vote for your favorites.

Looking forward to seeing you again next year!

As always, if you'd rather your photo didn't appear or would like to get in touch, please let us know by sending us a message by clicking the "Feedback" link at the bottom of any GH page. If it's one of our pictures we will remove the tag or picture as you wish, if it's a picture taken by someone else we will try and pass on your request.