Maryland Geocaching Society

The 2018 MGS Summer Picnic will be held at the Susquehanna State Park on Saturday, July 14th, 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM. Please post in this thread which food items you plan to bring to the potluck picnic and whether you'd like to help with grilling or clean-up. We'll keep updating the list as your posts are received.


VOLUNTEERS

SET-UP (1030-11am)



GRILLING (½-hour shifts)

Grill boss -
(arrives at 1000 to organize and start grills to begin cooking by 1030 and then turns over to grillers)

1030–1100 -
1100–1130 -
1130–Noon -
Noon–1230 -



CLEAN-UP (3.30–4pm) Many hands make light work!



FOOD

MEATS
If you bring burgers or dogs, please also bring the same number of buns. Request one bringer of hamburgers arrive at ~1030 to allow us to get a head start on the grilling.
30 hot dogs w/ rolls - FatBaldOldMan
3 packages of Beef Burgers (18 burgers) w/ buns - FatBaldOldMan
Kielbasa - _JohnnyCache
ribs - Trainbug
Italian sausage and rolls - zekester
18 burgers and 15 sweet Italian sausages and rolls - jenniferb26 and Phos4s



SIDES
Baked Beans - Gene_Hunter
pigs-in-a-blanket - soccertoa



SALADS
tossed salad - BassSax and MrsB
dill pickle pasta and cheese salad - 2 dogs & a lady
potato salad - hunterKat
fruit salad - yellowrose70
beet salad - yellowrose70
pasta salad - snowsox1023
broccoli slaw - polkadotmomma
Greek salad - lpaulriddle



FRUITS/VEGGIES
watermelon - benlorma07
watermelon - fatbaldoldman
veggies - Run Amok



SNACKS
bags of chips - kbittner14
chips - soccertoa



DESSERTS
3 dozen chocolate chip cookies - JLake77
cupcakes - tabbikat
few dozen cookies - KlawPaws


DRINKS
big cooler filled with water - angryEMT
couple liters of soda - kbittner14
cooler of ice and drinks - zekester
cases of water - sfcchaz



CONDIMENTS
sliced tomatoes, onions and chopped onions - BassSax and MrsB
Spicy Brown Mustard - _JohnnyCache
ketchup, mustard and sweet relish - codyhollowfarm



PAPER PRODUCTS
We have enough plasticware, paper plates, napkins and paper towels to cover this picnic! Thanks!




MISC.
charcoal - littlelbkdog

Count me in for 30 beef hot dogs w/ rolls and a package of Bubba Burgers w/ buns.

I'm also available for the 10:30 grilling.

We will bring sliced tomatoes, onions and chopped onions.
And a tossed salad
BassSax and MrsB

The return of the Kielbasa and Spicy Brown Mustard.

Cross Posted: Please sign up "Will Attend" for our Summer Picnic (https://coord.info/GC7NTVT). So of our vendors are watching this to determine whether to donate something for our Silent Auction. So far, we only have 13 "Will Attends", and I know more of you will be there than that.

I will bring dill pickle pasta and cheese salad.

Don't forget. In addition to food, we need contributions to our silent auction: MGS is funded annually through cash donations, 50/50 Raffles, PathTag and Geocoin sales, and the Silent Auction which will be held at the Summer Picnic. The funds collected by the MGS pay for our website, picnic pavilions, commemorative coins, design and seed money for PathTags, and miscellaneous administrative costs to operate and sustain the MGS.

Each year we reach out to numerous vendors who graciously send us items for our silent auction.
However, the largest source of donations for our Silent Auction comes from our members . Donations from our members are often some of our most popular silent auction items.

What can be donated? We have had a wide variety of items donated in the past to include:
PathTags
GeoCoins
Shirts
Hats
Tools of the trade (tweezers, penlights, small adjustable mirrors, etc.)
Handheld GPS units
Gift Cards or Discount Codes (REI, Dicks, etc.)
Cache maintenance supplies
Geocache containers to include ones you designed yourselves
Answers to hard puzzles (Hey some of us would pay $$$$ for Hixon puzzle solutions)
Guided tour of difficult caches

Please note: Donations to MGS are not tax deductible. Unfortunately, the federal government does not designate social groups like the MGS as a tax-deductible non-profit.

If you would like to donate something to the Silent Auction, please contact me through the forums, email, Facebook, or at an event, so we can add your name to our list of donors and coordinate with you for the donation.

FatBaldOldMan - Al Woltz
Public Relations Officer
Maryland Geocaching Society
- publicrelations@mdgps.org

I'll bring ketchup, mustard and sweet relish.

I'll bring potato salad.

We'll bring watermelon, cut up & ready to go:)

I will bring 3 dozen chocolate chip cookies.

I'll bring cupcakes

I'll bring veggies.

Bringing fruit salad & beet salad. Will check back on Friday to see if there is still a need and if so we can bring something to meet that need as well...

I'll bring some ribs

I'll bring some Baked Beans.

so far I will be bringing a big cooler filled with water, I am sure the wife is plotting something to bring also, she never shows up empty handed.

We will bring a few bags of chips and a couple liters of soda.

Bringing pigs-in-a-blanket and chips

We will bring Italian sausage and rolls, as we usually do. Will also bring a cooler of ice and drinks.