A Teddy Bear’s Picnic

Posted on Monday, July 19th, 2010 at 8:34 am

Yesterday was The Big Lunch day that I wrote about recently. With the help of another mum, I had organised a Big Lunch in our neighbourhood, in the form of a Teddy Bear’s Picnic at our nearest park. We invited all the families in the local group of mums we belong to and contacted some local businesses to see if they wanted to be involved.

We had a very positive response from the businesses. We were provided with food for the picnic from a very nice pub/restaurant, some desserts from a cupcake/bakery business, fruit and vegetable purees for the younger ones from the Kensington-based Little Dish, as well as some other goodies for people to take home with them.

Including children, over 100 people turned up to our picnic! It was a wonderful success and everyone seemed to genuinely enjoy themselves. The sun came out, parents chatted, children played and a local music class teacher provided a lively sing-along to end the event. It was all really fun! I felt like it achieved everything The Big Lunch is about – a sense of community, a simple bringing together of people who all live close to one-another but who otherwise might not ever meet and a sharing of common ground.

Did any of you take part in a Big Lunch?

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One Response to “A Teddy Bear’s Picnic”

  1. Urban Mums says:
    20 July 2010 at 8:51 am

    I didn’t take part in the big lunch, but your post makes me want to next year! What a great day and I love how the community was happy to donate food too. The image with the post is lovely as well!

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