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When adults play, field day gets serious

Inaugural event benefits work of Children and Families First
Go Pink and DryZone compete in one of several relays in the first adult field day games to benefit Children & Families First.
Ron MacArthur
October 2, 2019

When adults gather for their own field day, it gets serious.

More than 20 teams competed in the first-of-its-kind event Sept. 22 at Hudson Fields to benefit Children & Families First.

Teams, some with thought-provoking names such as Bad News Beers, competed in typical field day games and some not-so-typical games such as hippy hop polo, giant pong and spike ball. Mind games were also part of the event. More than $7,000 was raised.

Rise Rebels #2 finished in the top spot scoring the most points followed by DryZone Wired Up and You Gonna Learn Today. The Hippy Dippies won the Team Spirit Award and You Look Like I Need A Drink raised the most money.

Children & Families First, a statewide organization with an office at 401 S. Bedford St., Georgetown, has been serving children and families since 1884. Children & Families First's mission is to prevent child abuse and neglect, and to intervene and heal those impacted from life-long negative effects.

The organization offers a wide variety of programs for youth from infancy to teens. Other programs include parenting classes, grief and trauma support, workplace support and an adolescent resource center. The organization also facilitates foster care and adoption.

For more information, go to www.cffde.org.

DryZone was the major sponsor of the event with support from Williams Insurance Agency, Artisans' Bank, Bayhealth, Hudson Fields, Royal Farms, Zog Sports, Spin Jocs Entertainment, Delaware Electric Cooperative and Revelation Craft Brewery.

 

Go Pink and DryZone compete in one of several relays in the first adult field day games to benefit Children & Families First.
CrossFit Lewes Fanatics and Williams Insurance Agency Risky Business battle it out in a game of hippy hop polo.
Members of the You Look Like I Need A Drink team pull hard to win the tug-of-war. The team raised the most money.
Alyssa Meekins, left, and Alycia Herron, of the DELinquents team, try to navigate a blind-folded relay course.
Rise Rebels and Margarita Mammas compete in a game of spike ball.
Jeep Moms try to master the confusing hula-hoop relay.
Go Pink team members work to get ping-pong balls into a bucket without dropping any.
Blind-folded Erin Yost, of the Baby Got Track team, does her best to stay on course.
A DryZone trio works together in the ball-relay game.
Maggie Kelly, left, and Erica Parkhurst, of The Hippy Dippies, watch as a tennis ball heads toward buckets in the giant pong contest. The team won the Team Spirit Award.
Margaritia Mammas celebrate after scoring a point in the giant pong game.
Go Pink’s Heather Elzey tries to maintain her balance during the blind-folded relay contest.
Members of one of the three DryZone teams compete in the ball relay game.
DryZone Wired Up and The Young and the Rest of Us compete in hippy hop polo.
Todd Moran, of the DryZone Power Braces, tries to run with flippers on.
Alyssa Meekins, of the DELinquents team, moves fast even though she’s running with flippers on.
Members of the Margarita Mammas and Nasty Sacks teams high five one another after a hard-fought game.

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