By Sandi Gedeon, Business Manager
On a beautiful, sunny spring day, approximately 600 Bing families, current and alumni, attended the annual Bing Children’s Fair, held this year on Sunday, May 17 at Bing Nursery School. Children of all ages made handprints, built sand castles, dug up a “dinosaur” at the scavenger hunt, painted their own pictures, and had their pick of plenty of classic fair activities like bean bag toss and face painting.
Fairgoers were entertained by Jack Tuttle’s Bluegrass Players, who strolled around the grounds; the Magical Moonshine Theatre’s “The Three Little Pigs” Puppet Show; Mua Lac Hong Vietnamese Fan Dancers; and the Mariachi Cardenal de Stanford. The Leland Stanford Junior University Marching Band closed the fair and was a huge hit with children and adults.
Over 200 parents prepared goods for the bake sale and the international/American food booths. Cupcakes, brownies and sweets of all kinds were a hit, and nobody could pass up the delicious variety of food, from American macaroni and cheese to Indian samosas. In addition, many businesses made donations, including food (especially cupcakes for our cake walk), volunteers to help staff the fair, as well as cash. Special thanks to our generous donors: Andro’s Rostilj, Boot Scoot Bikes, Costco, DAVIDs Tea, ExpertQuote Inc., fresh & easy, Gerry’s Cakes, GNT Group, Grocery Outlet bargain market, Patama and Saar Gur, HanaHaus, Blue Bottle Coffee, Kathy’s Kreative Kakes, Lyfe Kitchen, Martha’s Pastries, Oren’s Hummus-Belmont, Patxi’s Pizza, Pizza My Heart, Sigona’s Farmers Market, Sprinkles Cupcakes, SusieCakes, Task Rabbit, The Dessert Studio, Tin Pot Creamery, Trader Joe’s-Town & Country, The Walker Family and many Stanford sororities and fraternities.
On the morning of the fair, approximately 200 alumni families joined the Bing staff for breakfast. It was wonderful to see and talk to so many alumni children, as well as their parents, some of whom are Bing alumni themselves.
We would like to thank our Bing Fair co-chairs, Dorothy An and Adriana Flores-Ragade, for organizing a beautiful fair, as well as the over 300 parent volunteers who staffed the activity and food booths this year. Proceeds from the fair benefit the Bing Nursery School Scholarship Fund.
The Leland Stanford Junior University Marching Band performs at the Bing Children’s Fair.
The Magical Moonshine Theatre performs “The Three Little Pigs” puppet show at the Bing Children’s Fair.