Join us for the 14th annual Indiana Spring Picnic! A great excuse to socialize... see old friends, meet new ones, eat yummy food, play games, cache and/or hike the area, camp, fish, canoe or kayak on Brookville Lake... make a weekend of it!
Schedule:
10:00 am - Registration & ice breaker (sign the log, grab a nametag & sign up for various raffles and door prizes!)
12:00 pm - Lunch (see details below)
1:00 pm - Game prizes awarded, group photo & Raffle/Auction
2:00 pm - Clean up and head out!
*Note: We have the shelter reserved for the whole day and you are more than welcome to hang out. But if you choose to stay at the shelter, we ask that you leave the area clean so we do not incur any surprise clean-up fees.
Pitch-In Lunch:
Plates, plastic ware and napkins will be provided. If you would like to join in, please bring your own entree and drinks, plus a dish to share. If your last name begins with A-M, we ask that you bring a side dish. If your last name begins with N-Z, a dessert is preferred -- this should keep the mix pretty even. The shelter has limited electricity and we will provide a couple of power strips, so crock pots should not be a problem.
NOTE: If you bring an item that needs to be cut up, please do this ahead of time. If your dish requires a serving utensil, please provide your own... we have thrown away TONS of food over the past years because people have no way to serve themselves.
Participation in the pitch-in is absolutely NOT mandatory; but if you choose not to bring a dish, please let others who did bring something line up first. Then after everyone has passed through once, it's a free-for-all!
We will also provide small trash bags and ask that you CITO out your own trash. This event generates quite a lot of garbage, and this minor request helps us enormously.
There should be plenty of picnic table seating, but if you prefer to bring your own chair, please feel free.
Activities:
Closest to the Pin contest will go on from 10am until Noon. Prize awarded after lunch.
A get-to-know-your-neighbor Meet & Greet game will be available. Once your sheet is filled, turn it in for an opportunity to win a prize (awarded after lunch).
There is a small playground not far from the shelter. However, please keep an eye on your little ones in this area (you will most likely not have a direct line-of-sight from the event shelter due to trees, etc.).
One of the highlights is our Celebrity Ammo Box auction. A few cachers/artists are chosen (secretly!) and their creations will be auctioned off to help recover costs incurred for this event.
We will have a 50/50 raffle available for $1 per ticket -- the winner gets 50% of the total pot, with the other 50% going to recoup costs incurred by the hosts.
For the door prizes: All adults (18+) who attend will receive a door prize ticket -- check the board throughout the event to see if your number wins.
For the raffle: All adults (18+) who attend will be given one 2-part raffle ticket to use toward whichever raffle prize you'd like to go for. You will be able to purchase additional raffle tickets ($1 each or 6/$5) if you like.
**If you would like to donate items for either the raffles or door prizes, please let us know. All donations are GREATLY appreciated.**
Notes:
There is no admission fee to this area.
The shelter is handicap accessible.
There are modern facilities within short walking distance of the shelter (restrooms are also handicap accessible).
A special event pathtag will be available for purchase at the event ($3/each or 2/$5).
We gladly welcome pets at our event. However we ask that pets are kept on a leash at all times, and of course, please clean up after your furry friend as needed.
Camping:
Camp sites are available through the IDNR Reservation website (the event hosts are camping at Brookville Mounds SRA, site 056). A campground map will be uploaded to this page shortly, showing existing reservations. We will update as necessary -- if you would like your site on the map, please post your reserved site number here or on the Facebook event page.
Other Weekend Events:
Friday Evening Event, hosted by Team Itchy & Scratchy... GC6EKC1
Saturday Evening Event, hosted by FourRushkateers... GC6FHNC
Sunday Morning Event, hosted by Daggy & Deermark... GC6D4FB
Sunday Afternoon Event, hosted by TeamPatchwork... GC6ECTY
If anyone is interested in hosting an event in the area on the weekend of the Spring Picnic weekend, please let us know. Anyone can host, we just like to keep track of events so there is no overlap/conflict.
The Indiana Spring Picnic also has a page on Facebook. Search for Indiana Geocaching Spring Picnic and please *like* us. Our Spring Picnic events are also posted within this group.