December 27, 2015 / como / 0 Comments
Summer is here and its the perfect time for families to get together for annual or periodic family reunions. Family reunions are transforming from cookouts where everyone sits around eating potato salad and reminiscing over times gone by. More family reunion events are scheduling activities that family members can use to spend quality time together while having fun in the process.
3 Activities To Ramp Up The Family Reunion:
Almost every location across the country has activities, tours, museums or entertainment options for family reunions to combine with their celebration. There are also some entertainment companies that will bring the fun to your location. While the activities available vary by area here are some suggestions for adding fun activities to your family reunion celebration.
1.Group tours. Schedule a group tour for your family to take together. Whether by bus or by bicycle, it gives your family a chance to spend time together while learning about the history of the area or visiting important landmarks. If your family reunion is being held in a destination that the family hasnt visited before, this is the perfect opportunity for them to get in their sightseeing and spend time with the family simultaneously.
2.Adventure races. There are also adventure race companies across the country offering race adventures similar to the Amazing Race. Set up in teams, these adventure races offer a family bonding opportunity where the family members spend quality time with each other while working toward a common goalto win the race. These races provide team building activities to solidify current relationships and allow new relationships and bonds to form–all while having a lot of fun. It provides a more interactive approach to spending time with each while racing across Monterey, San Francisco or Costa Rica.
3.Games. You can also choose to rent equipment or hire an entertainment company to bring the fun to you and your family. Whether its setting up a bounce house for the kids or a challenging obstacle course for the adults to compete against each other, there are a variety of entertainment options you can choose from. Its all about turning the fun at your family reunion up a notch.
Family reunions are no longer about sitting around in lawn chairs eating potato salad. The family member in charge of planning the reunion is turning these one-day events into long weekend or week long events for the guests to combine fun with family bonding. Tours, adventure races and interactive games are but a few of the options available to bring some fun to the family reunionthe kind of fun that creates lasting memories and forms family bonds.
September 2, 2015 / como / 0 Comments
Some 50 family members and friends were at the airport holding signs and bouquets of balloons awaiting his arrival. The long wait was finally over. A loud cheer rose from the crowd as the door to the Angel MedFlight Learjet 60 opened and Selester Rowe was taken off the air ambulance on a stretcher. There were hugs. There were tears of joy. On a warm and muggy afternoon in Columbus, Ga., Selester “Les” Rowe was finally home. Just over a year ago Rowe, 63, was the victim of a hit-and-run in San Francisco. The suspect has not been apprehended. Homeless in San Francisco, Rowe suffered brain and spinal injuries along with multiple broken bones and has been recovering in a rehabilitation center. His family wanted him home in Georgia and thanks to a community-wide fundraising effort and Angel MedFlight, those wishes came true last Thursday. James “Monk” Johnson, who attended the same high school as Rowe, spearheaded the effort to raise the funds to pay for Rowe’s flight. A 1975 San Francisco 49ers draft pick, Johnson organized a “Help Les” committee and donations began to come in. Larry Anderson, a high school classmate of Rowe’s, told the Bay City News website the majority of the money was raised in less than two months. Donations came from many sources including several churches and fish fries. Johnson himself doing much of the frying! Once the funds were raised, Angel MedFlight acted quickly to transport Rowe to Columbus. A member of Rowe’s family was unable to make the flight from Oakland, Calif., last week so Angel MedFlight flight coordinator Jessica Merwin stepped in, helping to escort Rowe along with medic Dave Whitehead and flight nurse John McKenna. Merwin had been communicating with the family for about seven months. Finally the face-to-face meeting. After so many phone conversations, Merwin met Rowe’s sister La Creaser Rock. The two exchanged a tight embrace on the tarmac, the happiness and gratitude etched into Rock’s face as she put her arms around Merwin, eyes closed tightly. Before Rowe was transported to the a local care facility, a local pastor led the group in prayer. The ambulance carrying Rowe was given a police escort — lights flashing and sirens wailing. The family’s gratitude grew into Southern hospitality as Merwin and Angel MedFlight videographer Albert Miller were invited to dinner at a local barbeque restaurant. Angel MedFlight’s video documenting Rowe’s journey home will be released soon. The time at the restaurant allowed Merwin and Miller to find out more about Rowe. How he was an architectural engineer at Tuskegee University. His high school pals remembered with smiles that Rowe was always a snazzy dresser and a ladies man. As family and friends downed racks of delicious ribs and sipped lemonade and sweet tea, Rock said Angel MedFlight was a “wonderful, wonderful company to deal with.” Wonderful was the love and support that came from a number of communities, namely San Francisco and Columbus, which raised funds for Rowe’s care and medical transport. Wonderful was the sight of Rowe on the tarmac in Columbus, unable to speak, raising a hand to give his mother a wave. A wave as if to say, ‘Mom, I’m home.’
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