Summer Picnic - July 9, 2005 Vivie
Young (1962)
On Saturday, 07/09/05, sixty members and guests enjoyed a festive picnic
at Central Park in Fremont, California. This event was timed to welcome
nine special visitors from Hong Kong - 5 students from the QESOSA Secondary
School, (click here
for photos and self-introduction letters of students) plus two teachers
and Mr. and Mrs. Tsoi Heung Sang. We also had Dr. K. C. Leung who came
as our guest of honor. Dr. Leung was an English teacher at QES in the
early '60s.
Louisa, our resourceful and indefatigable coordinator of the students'
summer visit, introduced the volunteers and host families. (Click
here for a report on other activities of the students during their Bay
Area visit) Then Tsoi Heung Sang introduced each of the teachers
and students, and told us about the Youth Environmental Summit in Oregon
where they had just spent the previous week. The food was plentiful and
sumptuous - salmon, chicken wings, pork chops, sausages, chicken satay,
yams, corn, garlic bread, potato salad, green salad, fruit, and various
snacks. We celebrated the July birthdays with a delicious cake and won
prizes at the lucky draw.
We thank Philip and May Tai for hauling all those tables and chairs to
the park for our use, plus loaning us two BBQ grills - one of them brand-new,
bought just the day before! Philip also designed the very ingenious picnic
flyer which generated much interest, and provided the prizes for the
lucky draw.
Katherine Wong marinated the pork chops while Bernice Ng provided chicken
wings and corn-on-the-cob. Our BBQ chefs were Larry Ho (Bernice's husband)
and Louie Cheng (Beth Pao's husband). Nelson not only provided all the
drinks and distributed copies of the most up-to-date membership directory,
but was busy as photographer, school song leader and greeted everyone
with a personalized nametag, even for our HK visitors who were immensely
impressed. Joyce planned the menu, hauled the food and supplies to the
park, and made sure everyone had a good time.
We also want to thank everyone for coming to the picnic, and for pitching
in to help with set up and clean up. The picnic would not have been a
success without you!
Photos
of Picnic and Students' Visit