divisionsmods (divisionsmods) wrote in divisions, @ 2021-10-03 15:41:00 |
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While not perfectly aligned with Singaporean traditions encompassing Children’s day, the Bronx Botanical gardens had done an incredible job setting up for their celebration in honor of the holiday. They’ve also organized some small scale treasure hunts, games, and competitions as side events for those who want something a little more engaging to go on throughout the day. Magic shows and face paintings are also a prominent facet of the day.
Anyone with the time or money to spare would find a wide variety of events, small booths, foods, and activities to participate in set up throughout the entire botanical gardens grounds. If one wanted to come to the earlier side of the event? They’d be greeted with the chance to purchase a high tea package - for as many people as they brought with them - that would include food, drinks and a place to comfortably sit and chat with all participants of the high tea. That not to your fancy? Then perhaps the climbing area would be more your speed with massive trees and climbing walls, or how about tie-dying t-shirts? Bring your own shirt or buy one of the ones they have there and you can jump right into the instructional set up the gardens have provided. There’s also a farmer’s market set up along the Seasonal Walk pathway with fresh and local made foods, products and other toys or items that could be of interest to children or adults looking for a neat new toy. Near the end of the booths there are also some simple games that can be played for a small fee in which stuff plushies or other small prizes could be won.
From 12-3pm the Botanical Gardens will sell a limited number of picnic baskets - with three different basket themes (“for the kids” - comes with more finger foods and some small toys, “for the romantics” - comes with a charcuterie board and bottle of champagne, “for the family” - a full meal for four with a couple of small prizes for adults and kids alike (tickets to the Botanical Gardens to use for a later family trip, some seeds and a small kit to take home and plant your own flowers at home)) and anyone who wishes to purchase one can do so. During the afternoon period, the games and events would die down slightly so that families can focus on eating and spending time together.
During the later afternoon and evening the bouncy houses would be inflated with a batch of them reserved for children and families and a second group of the bouncy houses being reserved for couples, singles, or anyone else not dealing with children at this time. The climbing walls and trees would remain open, as well as the games from the farmer’s market - even if the farmer’s had picked their produce and other food booths around 4pm - until the sun started to go down. It was then that the staff of the Botanical gardens would reveal the final event of the night: A large screen showing several movies. The movie’s for the night would consist of: The Princess Diaries, Sister Act, The Addams Family and finally Mean Girls. There would be order shacks put up for the evening so that patrons of the event could various old school, drive-in theater themed snacks. If you’re craving popcorn, an ice cream, a hotdog or a burger, they got it! For a small fee of course.
If tickets were purchased for the full day of events - $200 per person - the participant would have full access to all events of the day and have a high tea in the morning, a small personal picnic basket (unless tickets were bought in a group package and then a bigger picnic basket may be substituted in to cover all members of the group), and a meal and drink ticket for the food booths for the movies that night.
Little to no trouble would be expected for the day, as even the weather seemed to cooperate with a high of 73, a low of 57 and no rain clouds to be seen anywhere on the horizon.
It would be clear - with speakers before events thanking participants for their contributions - and through signage connected to the event - that 50% of all profits from the event would be recycled back into local community efforts for children in the area with most of the money being donated into multiple child-related non-profits throughout the Bronx.
Heavy donations to the event have come from Purvama owner Zhila Mazdayasna (Mod NPC) and The Bronx's Institute of Excellence's own Dean Matthew Reinholdt (Mod NPC), which means both have made sure to be present and available for interaction with anyone who decides to talk to them.