Sponsored by The Geocachers of
Northeastern Illinois
Saturday September 11,
2010
10:00am -
4:00pm
Deer Grove Forest Preserve - Grove
#5
Geocachers everywhere are invited
to join us in celebrating 10 Years of Geocaching at The 10th Annual
Chicagoland Geocachers Picnic and Pig
Roast. So come one, come all to what is going to be
the Event of the Decade! Feel free to plan on coming early
(10am) and staying late (4pm). Won't you please bring some
food to share and certainly don't forget your favorite geocaching
stories for other cachers to hear. And of course don't forget
your GPSr, there currently are about 20 caches in this very
preserve alone but we have a sneaking suspicion that may change
real soon.
As in the past, we will be
featuring many activities for young and old alike. There is
plenty of room for those who wish to bring your own games as
well. Of course we will be having our usual door prize
raffles (we are currently welcoming donations) and this year we are
conducting a Raffle where lucky winners will walk away with some
awesome prizes including a new GPSr! And certainly it
wouldn't be our annual picnic without the announcement of last
years Travel Bug Race winner as well as the kick-off of the 2010
Travel bug race which wascozookeeper has so graciously agreeded to
carry out once again this year
(be sure to check out
the
2009 Travel Bug Race -- up-to-the-minute standings -
HERE). Also new
this year we will be making available custom GONIL Travel Tags for
sale so feel free to pick some up at the picnic
or if you need some before then feel free to contact any GONIL Board
Member.
**** Note: Please be sure to mark in your
"Will Attend" log how many people you are bringing and what your
dining preference is (either Pig Roast or Hot Dogs/Hamburgers) so
we can have an adequate amount of food for
everyone.
Event
Activities:
There will be new caches in the area placed
for the event but we have lots of activities throughout the day and
this is your big opportunity to socialize with other geocachers
from the Land of NIL, so plan to hang out and meet old friends and
make some new ones. Then head out to stretch your legs and find a
cache.
Kids' cache - filled with kid-friendly items and hidden nearby.
Parents should supervise their children during this hunt.
Kids' crafts - We will have coloring activities, and other crafts
and games available. Parents should supervise their children.
Prize table - We will have a table with some door prize drawings.
We invite everyone to contribute to the prize table. Please contact
TMA-Tom (secretary@gonil.org) if you have a
contribution. Last minute contributions are also welcome.
Cacher's Panel - Meet some legendary cachers as they share some story's and take
questions from new and old in the form of an open Q&A
session regarding any geocaching topics.
Memorial cache - As usual, a cache will be hidden in the area after
the event to commemorate the picnic. Please bring a trading item or
your sig item to contribute to the cache.
2010/2011 Travel Bug Race - WascoZooKeeper will be coordinating the
2010/2011 Travel Bug Race. We will have some unregistered travel
bug tags available if wish to enter the race the day of the event.
Rules and details can be found Here.
I
want to help out, what can I do?
There are many
opportunities to help make this Event a huge success, they would
include but are not limited to:
Help in seeking Door
Prize Donations
Buy and/or
help sell Raffle Tickets
Hide a cache (or 3) to
be published for the picnic
Show up early
the day of the picnic to help set up
Volunteer to
run/assist with one of the activities
Stick around
after 4:00 to help clean up
Any and all
help is welcome, feel free to read more about what you can do to
help make your event more successful HERE!
Food - What to bring and what
to expect:
This year, GONIL will be roasting a pig as well as
we will offer hot dogs for those to choose. We will have
limited grill space available so if you
wish to bring your own personal preference feel
free to do so, you may even find someone willing to do the
cooking for you.
Potluck:
Please bring a dish/beverage to
share according to the first letter of your real last name using
the following list:
A-I bring a side (salad, chips,
fruit, etc.)
J-Q Beverages (water, juice boxes,
etc.)
R-Z bring a
desert.
Use this as a guide line. If you
make something exceptionally well bring that. Feel free to post a
note as to what you are bringing.
