For immediate release: April 5, 2010

BLOOMSBURG — Food, games and music will take center stage at outdoor picnics Saturday, April 17, at Honeysuckle Apartments and the lawn adjacent to Monty’s on the upper campus of Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania.

Events at Honeysuckle Apartments, free to residents of the complex and $5 for guests, include a cookout, hot dog eating contest and games such as ladder golf, horseshoes, volleyball and bean bag toss. The picnic will begin at 9 a.m. with music provided by a disc jockey from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. This is the third year Honeysuckle staff has hosted a spring picnic.

BU’s upper campus apartment staff and DASL (Developing Ambitious Student Leaders) members will hold a free “Fun and Sun” picnic for students and their friends April 17 from 2 to 6 p.m. Hamburgers, hotdogs and other picnic foods will be served free of charge and music and outdoor games will be provided.

Jeff Long, interim vice president for Student Affairs, said the alcohol-free events are open to all BU students and their friends. “Our apartment staff is looking forward to hosting an event on the upper campus like those held at Honeysuckle during the past two years,” he said.

To ease transportation and limited parking, free shuttlebus service will be available between upper campus and Honeysuckle Apartments on April 17 from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., Long added.

Bloomsburg University is one of 14 universities in the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education. The university serves approximately 9,000 students, offering comprehensive programs of study in the colleges of Education, Business, Liberal Arts and Science and Technology.