Did you have an opportunity to join us on October 4th for the Annual Potluck Picnic 2008?
Wasn’t this a wonderful sunny afternoon? Please have a look at the photo album and recall the nice, relaxed atmosphere and all the friends you met there.
And if you couldn’t come this year, here is a short recap of this wonderful event.
As every year, the Annual Potluck Picnic took place on the lawns of the Bretton Woods Recreation Center in Germantown. This year, the Picnic was organized jointly not only with the family association of the IMF but also that of the IADB. We had a chance to welcome about 220 people, complete families, babies, kids, teens, grandparents and even dogs. The buffet table was full of delicious dishes, desserts and other specialties brought by each family. Thanks to Paula Vasquez from the IMF the whole sitting area, registration and buffet tables were decorated with colorful autumn motives, which made the space even more friendly and welcoming.
After the lunch, kids and their parents joined the carousel of games, facilitated by excited and very kind teen game masters. Families could train their brain cells at the Memory game; practice throwing skills at the Coin game; become actors and mime funny animals or sports; train flexibility at the Limbo and Hula Hoop game. Everybody had a chance to play “Clean the Backyard”, “Catch the Dragon’s tail” and put to test their teamwork at the Human Knot and Magic Carpet game. We have enjoyed all of it and had tons of fun!
At the toddler corner, some kids were drawing pictures or creating masks and origami, while Sharmi Kulkarni was patiently decorating tens of girls’ and their moms’ hands, palms or legs with elegant henna floral arabesques. The Picnic concluded with a raffle drawing, and three lucky participants won popular family board games.
The whole event couldn’t have been organized without the enthusiasm of many volunteers, who helped to prepare the event, buy and bring the props and who lent their helping hands wherever it was necessary.
I would personally like to thank Maaike Le Grand, Nour Loutfy and Louise Shimizu for their wholehearted support and advice. I have throroughly enjoyed preparing the games, 
coordinating the event and cooperating with all of you.
Thank you for this opportunity!!
I hope we meet again at Bretton Woods next year :)
On behalf of the Picnic team
Daniela Drapakova