Bonza Bottler Day was created and founded by Elaine Fremont prior to her passing away in 1995. Since that time, her sister Gail Berger has been the administrator and promoter of Bonza Bottler Day. It is her desire that her sister’s passion for having “good clean fun” live on through Bonza Bottler Day. Elaine intended the day to be a day where a group of individuals could have the liberty to express themselves however they wished to celebrate.
There are no rules, no themes, no typical Bonza Bottler Day ideals unless you so desire for your party. Mrs. Berger wishes that Bonza Bottler Day would be an expression of different cultures, different traditions, different themes … There are unlimited ideas to what Bonza Bottler Day can be each month. The Administration will strive to give ideas for Bonza Bottler Day and encourage local groups, national groups, and international groups. Please contact the administrator for suggestions for ideas or questions about celebrating and promoting Bonza Bottler Day.
There as been an overwhelming response and requests for an official Bonza Bottler Day website, and thus we have created and will grow our website. We are a family and believe in the power and necessity of family, especially in partying! We are open to any and all suggestions for our website as well as ideas for Bonza Bottler Day.
Suggestions for WAYS TO CELEBRATE
Office Celebrations There are so many ways to celebrate. Here are a few ideas: Bring into work or have delivered a breakfast or lunch Takeout from a local restaurant or deli; decorate with balloons, etc. and have a different food theme each month (i.e. veggie and dip month; light snacks month; sweet tooth month when everyone brings a favorite dessert), or have ice cream specials (sundaes, banana splits, floats). One Bonza Bottler Day have the entire office go out to lunch together. You can do other special things besides eat like one month have everyone write one or two nice things about each person in the office and have somone compile them to be read on the next Bonza Bottler Day. If made into separate cards to give to each person to keep about themselves, it can be an encouragement throughout the whole year. Another month like December, you can collect children’s gifts in the office to take to children who are in the hospital or have special needs, or everyone can bring canned goods, etc., to distribute to those who are in need. Bonza Bottler Day can be celebrated any way you want by having food and fun and bringing happiness to other people.
Classroom Celebrations Bonza Bottler day is being celebrated in countless ways in hundreds of classrooms for all ages around the world. The following are just a few ideas that teachers have shared with us that can be worked into themes or combined with other ideas. Bonza Bottler Day can be Candy Day, Ice Cream Day, Free Recess Day, Be Kind to Classmates Day, Treasure Chest Day, Show and Tell Day, Collect Food and Toys for Needy Children Day, No Homework Day, Celebrating Un-Birthdays Day (for those whose birthdays fall in the summer or when there is no school), Arts and Crafts Day, Field Trip Day, Picnic Day, Nature Hike Day, Cooking Day, and the list goes on.
Many teachers choose different themes each month to help celebrate or to conclude units, which might include lesson plans, crafts, playtime, and food with an emphasis on a Foreign Country (dress up and bring foods for different countries), a Season, a Food Groups Unit, or Community Service (have various community servants visit and share or each student dress like a community servant and tell about it), Library Day or Reading Day (have people from the community and all walks of life to come to the classroom to read their favorite book to your students). You could have Animal Day ( vist a zoo, a farm, or have a vet or animal shelter worker bring in animals), or Historical or Famous People Day (students dress like some famous person in history).
Some teachers order Bonza Bottler Day buttons for their class or have their students order their own buttons from the website store to wear each month. Bonza Bottler Day stickers can also be ordered from the website store for teachers to put on papers, use for games, etc. Sometimes students write Gail Berger, administrator, to tell us how they celebrate Bonza Bottler Day in their classroom. There is also a website that offers Bonza Bottler Day lesson plans for each month. Older students like to have breakfast or just coffee, juice, and doughnuts or pastries on Bonza Bottler Day, or an end of the day excuse to have a party. Some high school classes go to lunch or meet for breakfast on Bonza Bottler Day if the class usually meets at that time. There are some schools who have breakfast once a month on Bonza Bottler Day for the parents, served by students in the lunchroom. But remember that however you celebrate in your classroom, include some refreshment and lots of fun.
