Perhaps you could tell the family members that you are hosting an ice cream social on a Saturday or Sunday and then the families might visit and encourage their family member to attend. Or you could set up a drink stand/homemade ice cream or blender bar in the entrance lobby so you can again snag the interest of the families when they are visiting. Maybe leave some trivia questions in the dining room at their tables so they can work together on them. As for planning a year's worth of restaurant visits....perhaps you could state that one week it would be Chinese, the next week a burger joint, the next week an ice cream outing and the last week their suggestion, so they would feel involved in the planning. Good luck!!!!!
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