From Claire Jellema:
Planning for this year’s Tea in the Park is now underway. The day is always such a fun community event. Last year’s event was jam packed with local people enjoying and celebrating our park, there was such a fantastic wholesome buzz in the air. It felt really special.
This year’s event will follow a very similar format with our infamous duck races, ice creams and home baking, mini fair games and various sporting challenges too. And hopefully, if we can recruit someone to support it, our fabulously fun dog show too.
Can you Volunteer on the day?
We really do need to recruit more volunteers for the day to be both successful and enjoyable for all those involved. So if you can spare a few hours on the day, please do sign up to volunteer.
Date: Sat 31 Aug
Time: 12:30p,m – 2:30pm
Set up from: 10am
Tidy up by: 4pm
Could you invite a neighbour of friend to volunteer?
Obviously our network of 200 members is great and so many of you get involved in various park projects, but if you can think of a friend / neighbour / family who might also be keen to volunteer on the day, please do ask them to support the park an our event.
Want to get involved in the dog show?
Our very wonderful Lucy is not available to organise and run this year’s dog show, but we’re hopeful that with a couple of extra volunteers we can keep the dog show as part of the day. It really is so much fun, and much loved by the dogs, their owners and all the spectators too. I can sort all the admin / logistics, but we really do need 1,2 or 3 people to run it on the day, helping to sort dog registrations and supporting the PA/ring Master to invite dogs into the ring for the differing award categories, and then overseeing the judging. Anyone who does offer to help will of course be well supported. For sure!
Please reply direct to Claire at jellemafamily@hotmail.co.uk if you can volunteer or have any questions or suggestions about the day.