By Sandra Gedeon, Business Manager
On May 18, a beautiful, sunny Sunday, approximately 600 families attended the Bing Children’s Fair. At the annual event, children of all ages were excited to create their own treasure bags, test their skills on the challenge course, dig up a “dinosaur” at the scavenger hunt, or design their own cookie with icing. Cupcakes, brownies and sweets of all kinds were available at the bake sale, and nobody could pass up the delicious food.
Attendees were entertained by the Magical Moonshine Theatre puppet show, the Mariachi Cardenal de Stanford, the Ballet Folklórico de Stanford, and The Bing School Band, featuring many teachers, parents and assistant director, Beth Wise. As in past years, the incomparable Leland Stanford Junior University Marching Band closed the fair and was a huge hit with both children and adults.
Before the fair, approximately 200 alumni families joined the Bing staff at the alumni breakfast. It was wonderful to see and talk to so many alumni children and their parents, some of whom are Bing alumni themselves.
A special thanks goes out to our generous donors: Chadha Family, Cheesecake Factory, Corner Bakery Café, Fraiche, fresh & easy, Gerry’s Cakes, GNT Group, Go Go Squeeze, Grocery Outlet bargain market, Kincao, Lutticken’s, Martha’s Pastries, Patxi’s Pizza, Pizza My Heart, Prolific Oven, Skip’s Place Pizza-Los Altos, Sprinkles Cupcakes, Susie Cakes, Task Rabbit, Tin Pot Creamery, Trader Joe’s-Town & Country, Vn Grill,and many Stanford sororities and fraternities.
The Leland Stanford Junior University Marching Band closes the fair.
We are also grateful to our Bing Fair co-chairs, Adriana Flores, Chris Shen and Sharon Shen, for organizing a beautiful fair, and to the more than 300 parent volunteers, who staffed the activity and food booths this year and many others who prepared goods for the bake sale and the international/American food booth. Proceeds benefit the Bing Nursery School Scholarship Fund.