2014 - October 13, Family Field Day

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Time: 1pm - 3:00pm

Location: Kresge Pits

Event Captains: Julia Huang (julia_h@mit.edu), Kevin Ng (keving17@mit.edu)

Contents 1 Event Description 2 Attendance 3 Events (In order) 4 Materials 5 Other Notes

Event Description

ATS Family bonding through competition with other families. Each game gives points (1st - 5, 2nd - 4, 3rd - 3, 4th - 2, 5th -1) with prizes at the end.

Attendance

About 60 people showed up. Came from 5 families, none of which needed to be combined because of sufficient numbers! :)

Events (In order)

• Family Mixer -- get to know people in other families -- NO RANKINGS
  • Social Chairs call out a number x=3,4, or 5 each round
  • People from groups of x, where each person is from a different family
  • On each round, the people had to find someone different from the previous round
  • At the end of each round, if no group, eliminated from game, gotherwise share favorite XXX with group.
  • Should clarify what to do with people who arrive late (suggest keep out of game to keep it fair to people who were playing al along).
  • ~5 Winners secretly advanced to final round of assassins.

• Pastry Eating Relay Race
  • Three pastries per family, planned for 5 families -> bought 15 buo luo baos (pineapple buns) from Great Tastes the morning of (order in advance or you might have to wait for them to bake more)
  • Three family members eat the pastries one at a time (one per person)
  • Water Rule should be clarified (Can it be allowed? Where can it be drunk?)

• Field Day Events
  • Tug of War Tournament
    • Pitted two different families against each other
    • Used results to pit different families together to determine ranking
    • This years pittings: BFFL > Pirate, Gangstas > Funky Bobasaurs, BFFL > >U, Pirates > Funky Bobasaurs, Gangstas > >U
  • Wheelbarrow Relay Race
    • Had 6 members from each family attend (will have 3 pairs that trade off)
    • Reaching the finishing line or the starting line, a pair would switch front and back person of wheelbarrow
  • Balloon Relay Race
    • Had 6 members from each family attend (will have 3 pairs )
    • A balloon is blown up (no knot is tied) on the starting line and then let go.
    • At the point where the balloon lands, it is blow up again and let go again.
    • This procedure is carried on until the balloon flies over the finishing line.

Materials

• Stuff for games (food for pastries, bags of balloons, rubberbands, water for pastry race)
• Megaphone (Bring this. It helps with crowd control)
• Prizes
  • 1st: 1 box assorted biscuits, 1 bag assorted gummies, 1 box chocopie, 1 bag assorted hi-chew, 1 pack wafers
  • 2nd: 1 bag assorted gummies, 1 box chocopie, 1 bag assorted hi-chew, 1 pack wafers
  • 3rd: 1 bag assorted gummies, 1 bag assorted hi-chew, 1 pack wafers
  • 4th: 1 bag assorted hi-chew, 1 pack wafers

Other Notes

• Collect trash at the end (: