Event recap · Team building
HelloTech Team Picnic for 48 with DJ and Volleyball at Tower 28
July 2023 · 48 guests · Lifeguard Tower 28, Ocean Park, Santa Monica
For HelloTech's July 2023 team picnic, we skipped the single long table. The 48 guests got a scattered layout at Lifeguard Tower 28: eight separate low tables with six pillows around each, spread across the sand so smaller groups could form and re-form over the afternoon.
The catered meal was timed for 3:30 p.m., and the picnic ran more than two hours. We set up two buffet tables under a canopy for the food and added ten picnic chairs for guests who wanted a seat off the ground.
A DJ played throughout, and the games leaned active: an adult volleyball setup and two cornhole sets. For a group of almost 50, a spread-out layout like this makes it easy to mingle, eat and play without the event feeling crowded.