Well, I have a loooong list of what not to do for next year’s Project Graduation!
In defense of this year’s organizers- our school schedule changed and they had to give up the traditional location (Rutgers U) and hold it at a Hilton instead. The Hilton did most of the planning- they hold these for many schools- and it was really just not enough to keep the kids entertained. Although the food was good.
Number one stupid thing that will not be back- a bounce house with those oversize boxing gloves. While they’re supposed to wear protective helmets, of course they don’t, and two boys ended up needing stitches in their heads due to flying jewelry slicing them open. Quite gory, but no serious damage. The vender was cleaning out the blood with water and paper towels, then planning to re-open, but we nixed that quick (the blood was splattered everywhere, too!)
I got about 2 hours of sleep when I got home, then crashed around 6pm and slept all night. Glad I don’t have to do that again for awhile! But when Nick gets to HS, I’ll do it again- I met some really nice people, and the kids were by far polite and respectful (except for a couple smokers on our bus… )
Now fully recovered, I’m trying to get into a summertime routine. I do not want to go see Herbie at the movies- and I do not want to go to the carnival that’s in town tonight. But I think I may have to cave on one or the other.
Our schools do Project Graduation at one of the high schools. Basically casino style games, mostly, and they use their “winnings” as entries for raffle prizes. The kids definitely stay busy and interested! We checked it out earlier in the day when Eric graduated and were amazed at the effort they put into decorating the school.
We wimped out and have never volunteered, though.
AACK! for bloody boxing! Glad you’re recovered. If you go see Herbie…LMK what you thought. If not, lucky you.
I must have missed something. Boxing at graduation? I just attended a couple of graduations and didn’t see anything like that. Although I must admit I did see a few people I wanted to punch out.