Hello Sacramento Out-N-About Parents~!

My name is Kevin and I'm a single gay dad to 5 year old Hana. We live in San Francisco and we wanted to reach out to all the gay dads in this group and invite you to the very first annual GAY DADS MEGA SUMMER BBQ! I hate to be exclusive and hope we don't offend any of the lovely ladies reading this.

Event:
GAY DADS MEGA SUMMER BBQ

Date:
Saturday, September 26th, 2009

Time:
11:00am to 4:00pm

Location:
West Bluff Picnic Area, Crissy Field, San Francisco

Group Photo:
2:00pm at the Amphitheater

We are organizing this as a collaborative effort between Castro Dads, Meet Up's San Francisco Gay Dads, Gay Future Dads, Bay Area Gay Dads, East Bay Gay Dads, LGBT Parents are Social Too!, Our Family Coalition, and COLAGE.

We are expecting a MEGA turnout of gay fathers and their kids. We hope you can come join in and meet us! So bring your clan and let's see what a whole load of gay dads and their kids looks like! We'll have some activities for the kids of all ages, but will need some volunteers to help out too. Our Family Coalition & COLAGE will also be on hand with some of their own activities for the kids too. Our aim is to give the dads as much of a break as well! ;-)

We will have a basket out for donations from each family that is able to donate ($5-$20) to help cover some of the shared costs - entertainer for the kids, supplies for kids games, charcoal for bbq's, condiments, paper plates, cups, napkins, utensils, paper table clothes etc etc...all you need to bring:

BBQ food (incl. buns) and a side dish (burger accoutrement, salad, dips, fruit, beans, veg, chips, cookies, desert etc) - we'll have a couple of folks behind the BBQ grilling all day, so we plan on having one "mega share potluck" - we'll grill all day and lay out the sides. Then we all share. Easy. Special requests a-ok too.

Drinks - bring whatever works for you in your cooler.

Blankets, chairs, wind-breakers etc to make a comfy spot. Bring any fun outdoor games you may have for the kids..including buckets and spades! Bathing costumes & towels! We'll be right next to the beach - and if it's a hot day we'll have fun frolicking at the water's edge.... so bring a change of clothes for your kids! Plus don't forget the sunscreen, camera and your PRIDE flags/banners.

Specific Location:
We will be nabbing the BBQ/picnic area known as "West Bluff in Crissy Field". Crissy Field is right next to the Golden Gate Bridge looking out to the bay. West Bluff is located at the western end of Crissy Field with plenty of parking right next to the picnic area, which is just east of the Warming Hut cafe and "amphitheater". We will be located at the west end of Old Mason Street and just west of the roundabout - we will have some pride balloons/flags to mark our spot.

Please let me know if you can come join us and make this a truly MEGA event!!

Thanks!

Kevin Wakelin