2016 Potluck Sign-Up

We will have somewhere between 110 and 130 people at our annual Saturday potluck.  We are asking each family to bring a dish to share that will serve 12-15 people.

There is a Kroger grocery store just five minutes from the park so with a quick trip during the lunch break/splash park time you can pick up any items.  Please feel free to ask families with a kitchen / fridge to assist with your food.  Everyone is always super helpful with making sure the food gets prepared and stored properly.  

Please leave a comment here, email the reunion account, or comment on the FB group to let me know what you plan to bring.  Also, if you have food allergies and need special accommodations for any of the meals, please give me a heads up.  I'll update and post this list periodically, so everyone knows what's covered already.

Here's what's needed:

Meat

Hot dogs needed: 100  Hot dogs provided:  100 (Weal Family)
Hot dog buns needed: 100  Hot dog buns provided:  100 (Conger Family)
Hamburgers needed: 100    Hamburgers provided:  144 (sponsored by JTM)
Hamburger buns needed: 100  Hamburger buns provided: 100 (Conger Family)



Salads (like green salad, potato salad, pasta salad, shopska salat, fruit salad)

Villemure Family - Shopska Salat
Burgoon Family - orzo salad
Jirgal Family - potato salad & macaroni salad
Miller Family - pasta salad
Brooks Family - broccoli salad
Woolley Family - fruit salad


Sides (like baked beans, cole slaw, potato chips and dip, hummus, mac'n cheese, fresh fruit, veggie tray, tarator soup)

VanRoekel Family - baked beans
Korich Family - chips and coleslaw
Eplion Family - mac'n cheese
Rickenbach Family - watermelon
Brooks Family - hot broccoli casserole
Parks Family - hummus and chips
Bromund Family - mac'n cheese
Sallot Family - potato chips and soda


Condiments and toppings (like mustard, ketchup, mayo, relish/pickles, sliced cheese)

Bell Family - ketchup, mustard, relish, cheese
Robinson Family - lettuce, tomatoes, pickles, onions

Desserts (like cookies, brownies, pies)

Nance Family - chocolate chip cookies & another type of cookie
Eplion Family - fruit pie
Miller Family - cool dessert like banana pudding
Martini Family - sugar cookies
Bromund Family - jello
Robinson Family - brownies
Larsen Family - applesauce cups

2016 Reunion Shirts

It is time to vote on the design for the 2016 reunion t-shirts.  Please note that we do not yet have information regarding cost of the shirts, but they will be printed and sold as a fundraiser via a website like Bonfire.  T-shirts are not included with your reunion fee in 2016.

Each design can be printed with or without the 2016 Reunion verbiage though the images are displayed here only with the verbiage, so you have to use your imagination. Please keep in mind that shirts which do not mention the reunion may have much broader appeal for a fundraiser beyond those who plan to attend our event in 2016.

Please vote for your favorite design by leaving a comment here with your family name.  ONE vote per family only. Alicia will be collecting responses directly from the comment section.  Voting closes  on March 18, 2016.

Design #1 with reunion verbiage (vote 1A) without reunion verbiage (vote 1B)

Design #2 with reunion verbiage (vote 2A) without reunion verbiage (vote 2B)

Design #3 with reunion verbiage (vote 3A) without reunion verbiage (vote 3B)

Design #4 with reunion verbiage (vote 4A) without reunion verbiage (vote 4B)

2016 Reunion Sponsors

Many thanks to the generous adoption agencies, groups, and individuals who have committed to a designated donation toward our 2016 reunion.

Balloon artist (Friday night) - $150 - SPONSORED BY HOPSCOTCH ADOPTIONS

Professional story teller (Saturday night) - $100 – SPONSORED BY ABOUT A CHILD

Splash park tickets (Saturday afternoon) - $160 – SPONSORED BY MLJ ADOPTIONS

Games and toys - $120 – SPONSORED BY ADOPTION CIRCLE

Bulgarian cooking lesson (Saturday morning) - $150  - SPONSORED BY BULGARIAN ASSOCIATION OF CINCINNATI

Arts and Crafts Supplies (Saturday afternoon) - $100 - SPONSORED BY THE TIES PROGRAM

Smores Galore (Saturday night) - $50  (SPONSORED BY A PRIVATE FAMILY)

Pizza Party (Friday night) - $300 (SPONSORED BY A PRIVATE FAMILY)

Icecream Social (Friday Night) - $100 (SPONSORED BY A PRIVATE FAMILY)

Firewood (Saturday Night) - $30 (SPONSORED BY A PRIVATE FAMILY)

For questions or if you wish to sponsor a different portion of the 2016 reunion, please email Viviane at bulgarianreunion at yahoo dot com.

2016 Reunion Dates

The 2016 Bulgaria Adoptive Families Reunion will be held at Winton Woods Park in Cincinnati, Ohio from Friday, June 24 to Sunday, June 26.  For questions, please email bulgarianreunion at yahoo dot com.

2015 Potluck

There is a Kroger grocery store just 5 minutes from the park so with a quick trip during the lunch break/splash park time you can pick up refrigerated type items.    

Meat Counter
Hot dogs needed: 100         Hot dogs provided:  100        
Hot dog buns needed: 100  Hot dog buns provided: 100
Hamburgers needed: 80    Hamburgers provided:  84
Hamburger buns needed: 80  Hamburger buns provided: 80

Bodell -
Boyd - 100 hotdog buns
Bromund - pasta salad and brownies
Brooks - 24 hamburgers and dessert
Collicot - 
Conger - fresh fruit and chips
Cronin - 40 hamburger buns and brownies
Dunham -  Asian coleslaw and BBQ meatballs
Korich - chips and gluten-free dessert
Larsen - condiments and cheese for burgers/hotdogs, toppings for Friday icecream social
Martini - chips, dip, and hummus
Miller - cauliflower broccoli salad and dessert
McCulle - 40 hamburgers, 20 Italian sausage patties, 20 hotdogs, potato chips
Nance - shopksa salat
Parks - chocolate chip cookies & 40 hamburger buns
Plance - 80 hotdogs
Rickenbach - 
Sallot - mac'n cheese
Saltgaver - salad
Van Roekel - baked beans
Vargas -
Villemure -

Also, your dishes should serve 10-12 people.  We always have tons of leftovers and are trying to cut back on them by limiting the amount of each contribution.

2015 Volunteer Sign-Up Sheet

Friends, we need help.  Please take a look at all the work which will have to be done to make the reunion a success and let us know where you can pitch in.  You can leave a comment or email me at viviane 8 at yahoo dot com.  We will have a sheet posted at the reunion with tasks and the names of those who volunteered to complete them, so that Yvonne and I can have a little more time to socialize with everyone, too.  If the job you volunteer to do requires any supplies, Yvonne and I will have them ready for you.  Teens are invited to volunteer as well.

*Highlighted text means we have enough volunteers for that task.

FRIDAY

Pick up icecream from UDF - Andrew/Katie R.

Set up tables, chairs and decorate around 4:00 pm - Andrew R., Craig M.

Fill up water balloons around 4:00 pm - Stephanie C. & Family

Prepare and serve nacho bar 5:30 pm -  Rani C.

Set up and serve at the ice-cream social around 7:30 pm - Katie R., Carrie M.

Collect garbage and transport to dumpster around 9:00 pm - Stephanie C. & Family


SATURDAY MORNING

Pick up bagels from Brueggers - Andrew R.

Prep and set-up breakfast bar around 8:00 am and on - Alicia K., B. Bunch

Make coffee for breakfast and keep it coming 8:00 am - Wendy B.

Assist with breakfast clean-up around 9:15 am - Wendy B., Donna & Julianna L.

Take the group photo around 9:30 am - Pat & Ron S.

Collect garbage and transport to dumpster around 9:30 -  Donna & Julianna L., Carrie M.

Boat Charter Chaperones 10:00 am - Jane B., Kay B., Kelley M.


SATURDAY AFTERNOON

Assist with bungy activity in shifts from 3:00 to 6:00 pm - Jason V., Jeff K., Doug L.
Assist with crafts 3:00 pm - Kay B., Pat S.
Assist with fun photo booth 4:00 pm - Kim V., Pat & Ron S.

Set-up for potluck around 5:30 pm - Angel N., Adrienne P.

Grill for potluck around 5:30 pm - Steven P., Mark D.

Clean-up after potluck around 7:00 pm - Angel N., Adrienne P., Jane B., Gail D.

Collect garbage and transport it to the dumpster around 9:00 pm -  Mark and Gail D.

SUNDAY

Assist with cooking/setting up breakfast around 8:00 am - Jason/Kim V.

Assist with breakfast clean-up around 9:30 am -  Adrienne P.

Take down tables/chairs around 10:00 am -  Adrienne & Steven P., Gail and Mark D., Jared M.

Clean up cul-de-sac around 10:00 am -  Gail and Mark. D.

Ice runs throughout weekend -  Stephanie C. & Family (one or two runs), Donna L.

Make lemonade and iced tea throughout weekend -  Irina B., Alicia K.

Tentative Schedule 2015 Reunion

2015 Reunion Schedule

Friday, June 26

Check in starts at 3:00 pm

5:00 pm - Meet & greet - please pick up your welcome bag at cabin 4H

6:00 pm - Nacho bar

6:30 pm - The Cincinnati Slavic Dancers perform and teach Bulgarian dances

7:30 pm - Icecream social

Saturday, June 27

8:30 - 9:30 am - Breakfast in the cul-de-sac (provided)

9:30 am - Group photo

10:00 – Parky's Farm (all ages) or boat charter (teens only)

               

Noon - 3:00 pm -  family time to mingle, rest, or explore, have lunch, visit the splash park

3:00 pm - Bungy (all ages) and various crafts

5:30 pm - Set up for potluck

6:00 pm - Potluck dinner

Sunday, June 28

8:00 - 9:00 am - Group breakfast (provided)

9:30 am - Clean-up

11:00 am - Check out