Chocolate Fountains are messy. I volunteered to bring a chocolate fountain from my org and the only one they ended up having was the tiny one. The staff at the West Center kitchen were so accommodating and they helped me make it work by melting some in the microwave beforehand and stirring it in to help with the heating process.
Chocolate fountain technicalities aside, the event was amazing and was probably my favorite. I helped pick up pizza in the morning with Bianca and her little one, who was an amazing sport the entire day and made the day so much better by truly making it an intergenerational event. Professor Lewis brought her family, other people brought their siblings and significant others and it was so wholesome to see such a collaborative effort. The addition of the games was such a good idea and kept the event flowing and I had hoped that there would be more dancing because the elders seemed very inclined to dance but space seemed like it would be a little bit of an issue, plus we had a raffle and food and games to get through. The event was way shorter than I would have liked and it felt pretty rushed but that was not on our part, I personally would have loved for it to have gone on for several more hours.
Chocolate fountain technicalities aside, the event was amazing and was probably my favorite. I helped pick up pizza in the morning with Bianca and her little one, who was an amazing sport the entire day and made the day so much better by truly making it an intergenerational event. Professor Lewis brought her family, other people brought their siblings and significant others and it was so wholesome to see such a collaborative effort. The addition of the games was such a good idea and kept the event flowing and I had hoped that there would be more dancing because the elders seemed very inclined to dance but space seemed like it would be a little bit of an issue, plus we had a raffle and food and games to get through. The event was way shorter than I would have liked and it felt pretty rushed but that was not on our part, I personally would have loved for it to have gone on for several more hours.