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ShindigZ wants to help some lucky grads get a great start to their college years by giving away four fantastic scholarships. Starting college can be an exciting but stressful experience, and we are hoping to help make this time an especially good one for a few select grads. We will also supply twenty additional lucky winners with one of our personalized banners to help them celebrate this momentous occasion.

Here are the prizes:

• Four lucky winners will be selected at random to receive a $250 scholarship
• Twenty lucky runner-up winners will receive a personalized banner of their choice (not to exceed 30” x 90”)

Simply enter your email address to enter. One entry per site visit. All winners will be selected at random on April 14, 2008. Winners will be notified via email, so be sure to double check your email address!

Enter Today and Good Luck!

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And if you needd help planning your Graduation Party, visit our Graduation Party Ideas page full of fun themes, activities, recipes and more!

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Send invites out letting all of your guests know that you will be paying tribute to your guest of honor before he/she moves. Send out a card with the invitation that says “I will miss “Mark” when he moves because…”. Ask each guest to complete the card & share why they have appreciated having “Mark” close by and why they will miss him after he has moved away. Have them think of funny & heartwarming stories to share at the party and bring the completed card on the special day. At a specified time, possibly before you eat, have each person read the message they have prepared.
Videotape each guest as they deliver the message to your guest of honor, and then present him/her with the videotape as a memento of the party.  The guest of honor will be moved by the gesture & you will have a priceless treasure. An alternative to videotaping the messages – collect the cards after they are read & compile them in a scrapbook. Add a photo of each person or family to their message and the scrapbook will serve as a wonderful goodbye gift.

Plan a “This is your life” or “Spotlight” segment during the party. Gather old family videos, photo albums, school pictures, artwork, trophies, etc., and take the time to “chronicle” the life of your guest of honor.  

Designate the party spot by hanging a large custom Going Away Party banner outside.

Decorate a special chair for your guest of honor to sit in.  

Themes that would work great for a Going Away Party… Click Here

If your budget allows, buy favors for each guest to make the day unforgettable for everyone. Here are a couple of suggestions:  glassware, keytags, photo frames, theme-related items. We can help you find any favor you need, imprinted or not.

A nice touch would be to set up a photo backdrop area – either a balloon arch or a gold curtain – so that the guest of honor can have his/her picture taken with individuals and groupings of family and friends.  You could also use this area to set up a video camera and ask guests to stop by at some point during the evening, and record a more spontaneous message. Have each guest start by saying “I WILL MISS YOU BECAUSE…”. This would be a great alternative to the cards mentioned above. Throughout the evening you will create a touching tribute, filled with warm memories, funny stories, and the smiling faces of those who came to say goodbye.  

An open house format would be a terrific choice for this type of party. The food need not be complicated or costly. One clever visitor to our site hosted a “Deserting Us” going away party…and served a buffet of “desserts”! Check out our Recipe page for food ideas and free recipes for your party!  

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Have a BBQ at a local park. This could be done by having everyone bring their own grilling items (hamburgers, hotdogs, chicken) and a covered dish to share, making it a Potluck meal or having it catered (you could take up a collection from attendees to cover costs).

If your the outdoorsy type of family – make it a weekend and go camping! Just be sure you choose a campsite that is kid friendly and everyone knows what to expect of the surroundings.  Many camp grounds now offer pools or a lake for swimming, tennis and/or basketball courts, biking opportunites and boating/paddle boats. Fun for everyone!

Just about any theme party can be made into a family fun time for all! Luau, Wild West, Mardi Gras or Winter Wonderland can all add great memories to any reunion. These themed events can take place outdoors, as well as indoors.

If the family reunion will be a small gathering, one person can usually do the planning. but, for large familes and get togethers, get some help and delegate! No need to stress yourself out planning for everyone, its your reunion too.

Also, if it’s a big gathering and/or if folks haven’t seen one another in a long time, name tags will save lots of awkwardness — and they will make it easier for people to meet, talk and have fun!

For long get-togethers, ensure there’s time for folks to separate. Everyone will enjoy the day more if they can escape the crowd for awhile and do their own thing… so schedule some free time for everyone during the reunion. Remember that people of various ages will be refreshed by different activities – naps, watching TV, taking a walk, doing puzzles or playing cards – so include resources for all the options!

Ask family members to bring their photo albums to your Reunion. Pass them around. Prepare a slideshow or video beforehand that you can show after dinner. Piece photos together in chronological order.

Be sure someone is on hand for the “official” photos, to go along with everyone’s personal ones they will take throughout the day. Be sure to get special pictures taken of everyone at the family reunion and try to get as many generations as possible in some photos too.

Have everyone bring a wrapped gift (a white elephant). Make sure you set a price limit on the gift (under $3 for example). Then during the reunion have someone blow a whistle which means everyone has to find someone to trade gifts with. Do this several times during the day, until everyone has a white elephant of totally unknown origins. Then they get to take it home. How fun, eh? If you want, you can limit this to the kids.

The family who laughs together, stays together. So what if its your singing they are laughing at! Have someone bring their karaoke machine from home or rent one at a local rental store.

Play games! Ring Toss, Beanbag Toss, Backwards Obstacle Course, Softball, Flag football. If you have the time and the resources, plan a scavenger hunt! Tons of fun!

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Be the talk of the neighborhood when you buy your child their very own bounce house for their next birthday party! (Many are not much more than you’d pay to rent one for only one day – but you’d own it for years to come!).

Impress the boss and fellow co-workers when they arrive at the next corporate event, summer picnic or open house to find a water slide, corporate bounce house or inflatable slide!

Keep the family entertained at your next family reunion by bringing your very own themepark… an inflatable ride!

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From a 4 foot tall Spiderman to a 7 foot tall Birthday cake to a 149″ inflatable movie screen, Inflatables are hot this year. Welcome a new baby with an inflatable stork, welcome your guests to your luau with a 9 foot tall blow-up tiki arch, or decorate your lawn for each holiday with large air blown Santas, Pumpkins and Turkeys!

Make this year’s block party one that all the neighbors will enjoy by buying the 149″ inflatable movie screen! Screen can be set up and inflated in minutes, and includes everything you need: two UL-listed inflating blowers, stakes, tethers, even a storage bag. Just perfect for Movies, Sports, Video Games, Slides, Presentations and more. Pre-order now for shipping starting in June and you’ll save $50! 

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Here’s a list of the hottest themes for 2007’s Graduation Parties!

 Golf Theme – “Graduating Suits You To A Tee!”

 Las Vegas/Monaco Theme – Casino Night Graduation Theme Party!

 Hollywood Theme – Glitz, Glamour, and A Golden Graduate!

 Asian Fantasy - A Night on The Orient Express

 Mexican Fiesta Graduation Themed Party - Graduation Time! Ole!

 A Dude Ranch Theme – Wild Wild West! Graduation Party

Other hot graduation party themes and the colors you can use to decorate with!

Fifties – black, white, hot or pastel pink
Luau – lots of brights – green, yellow, blue, hot pink
Stars – gold or silver and black
Mardi Gras – purple, green, yellow and gold
Music – black and white with little splashes of red