Audience: employees and families at company picnic
Message: We appreciate you and your family’s support of the organization.
Tone: informal
Timing: 2 minutes

Mothers and dads, tots and teens, welcome to our annual picnic. Once a year we parade the ants out of town, order warm weather and blue skies, and nominate a few “undiscovered” coaches to organize games, and then we’re under way with the picnic.

As you arrived on the scene, I hope you found something of interest—the volleyball nets, the shuffleboard courts, the swing sets, or at least the food. Of food, there’s an abundance prepared by the (name) caterers, who’ve done such an excellent job for us over the years.

Other than these few plans, the day is up to you. You’ll find sign-up sheets and our volunteer “coaches” and organizers in various locations to help you show off your athletic prowess and assess the competition. Parents, we ask that you particularly make your children feel welcome and help them discover activities designed for them.
We want you families to know how much we appreciate the mom or dad, brother or sister, aunt or uncle who works here with us every day. We play in the same way we work—with honor,… sportsmanship,… a team spirit,… appreciation of each other,… and lots of good fun thrown in.

We also encourage each of you as employees to get to know those around you. Maybe you recognize names but not faces. And as you introduce yourselves, you’ll discover the person who phones you every week with that sales figure you need. And to those employees you work with on a daily basis, take your family in tow and use this opportunity to let them see how cute Susie’s French braid is and how warm and fun-loving that spouse can be. Here’s your chance to do some serious bragging about those you love.

Mix and mingle and make the day a good one. We’re pleased you and your family came to party and picnic.