Dear Marlins Families,

🎉 The Marlins Year-End Banquet is THIS SATURDAY! 🦈💙

It's time to celebrate an incredible season together! We can't wait to spend one last evening with our amazing Marlins families enjoying great food, lots of fun, and a few of our favorite team traditions.

🌦️ Weather Update

We're keeping a close eye on tomorrow's forecast and wanted to share our plan in case the weather doesn't cooperate.

⏰ We'll make the final decision by 1:00 PM on Saturday and post an update in GroupMe. (So make sure you’re checking!)

We have two possible plans:

• 🏊 Plan A: Celebrate at the pool as planned with pizza, awards, music, games, and late-night swim!
• 🌧️ Plan B: If thunderstorms make the pool unsafe, we'll move to our backup celebration location. Please note that if we go this route, there will not be food. We will have a brief presentation of awards and a separate team social will be scheduled at a later date for our swimmers to enjoy!

We're hopeful for a beautiful evening at the pool, but everyone's safety comes first. Thank you in advance for your flexibility, and be sure to check GroupMe after 1:00 PM tomorrow for the final update.

✨ What to Expect

• 🍕 An epic pizza party (and no, it's not from Costco!)
• 🎧 Your favorite jams hand-picked by our very own DJ, Mike Tenney!
• 🏆 Awards, awards, awards (everyone will walk away with something!)
• 💪 Our signature Marlins Plank Hold Challenge (who will be crowned champion this year? 👀)
• 💦 The possibility of our first-ever Parents vs. Swimmers Water Balloon Fight if we reach our Swim-a-Thon fundraising goal! 🤞
• 🌊 Late Night Swim! The pool will remain open until 10:00 PM, so don't forget your swimsuits and towels!

🥗 Help Us Round Out the Meal

If and only if we have the banquet at the pool as planned, please bring one side to share based on the first letter of your last name:

• 🍰 A–F: Dessert
• 🍓 G–L: Fresh Fruit
• 🥗 M–Z: Salad or Veggie Side

If you're unable to bring a side, we kindly ask that you make a $25 contribution to help offset the cost of food for the banquet. Thank you for helping us provide a fun and memorable celebration for all of our Marlins!

🙌 Set-Up Volunteers Still Needed

We're still looking for a few helping hands to help transform the pool into party central! If you're available to assist with setup, please arrive at 5:15 PM. We'd truly appreciate the extra help.

We can't wait to celebrate a season filled with hard work, growth, friendships, and so many wonderful Marlins memories. Thank you for making this such a special team.

See you Saturday! 💙🦈🎉