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Berkeley High School Late '70s Alumni Picnic

Third annual!

Everyone who attended Berkeley High in the late 1970s is invited. 

 Anyone who isn’t in this group but wants to attend is also welcome (perhaps you attended Berkeley schools earlier, but moved for high school, or you graduated in ’74 but have friends who are attending–we figure if you want to come we would like you to attend). Any of our teachers are especially welcome, and you don’t even need to bring any food!

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Start time is noon; we’ll run “officially” until 5:00 (although last year many people stayed much later).

Group photo is at 3:00, after which we’ll break down into graduation years for people to take smaller group photos. All this should take 15-30 minutes.

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A contribution of $10 is requested, although no one will be turned away for lack of funds. If you with to make a $25 or larger tax deductible donation, bring a check made out to the Berkeley High School Development Group. The basic contribution helps us to pay for the park reservation fee and other incidentals, but we also want to offer an opportunity for people to make donations to BHS.

At the registration table, we’ll have name tags that includes “Class of____” to help us identify people from our class. We’ll also collect your contact information in case your class’ reunion committee wants access to this information.

We’ll have hot coals and ice, as well as a some paper plates, utensils and drinks (please save these for people coming from a distances–if you’re local please bring your own).

People are welcome to either pot-luck or bring their own food. The picnic area has a couple of tables without benches for spreading out food to share–last year these tables were full with plenty of wonderful foods.

The picnic area has seating for about 100 people, and last year we had over 200 people, so bring extra seating if you can. Many people just got comfortable on the grass–although for some of us this is getting more difficult  .

Sun shades may also be helpful if you are sensitive to the sun or heat. Bring one if you have one.

Cell phone coverage in the park is spotty. Most folks last year found they did not get coverage at the picnic site.

If you are musically inclined, bring your instrument. Last year we had a great “jam” in the later afternoon.

Feel free to bring sporting equipment or other toys/games. The weather can be quite hot, or foggy and cold.

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