[anymouse]

Nothing wrong with making the rally into a picnic/ice cream social/prayer service, etc. The idea is "just do it."

Planning helps (and FRN has some good organization tips and media aids that you can use to make it easier), but the most important things are to pick a date, get a central, easy to find, visable location, invite everyone you know and have a good time. The more the merrier, but if it doesn't happen the greatest plans are mute.

[merry10]

I was going to suggest to RABID with Ventura County Chapter the picnic idea. I have a nephew who I am not really close to in the war right now, so I am sort of objective. What I see at our rallies are the tremendous amount of family members needing to be with one another right now...they seem to draw strength from one another.