Successful Bunnings Sausage Sizzle
With a little trepidation, because the February long weekend was packed with activities, including the Wooden Boat Festival, ten committee and family members fronted up to run a sausage sizzle at Bunnings, Glenorchy, for the first time.
A visit to the Bellerive Family History Society’s sausage sizzle the week prior was invaluable, as were the lists they gave of purchases and items required. Two friendly members also popped in to check how we were going with our set up. In fact, the Bunnings staff member who arrived to sign off before we started cooking exclaimed, ‘Full marks. It’s spot on!’ We also appreciated the expertise and items lent by Doug Ralph of Kingston Rotary Club.
Our efficient team, decked out in the Foundation’s distinctive aprons and caps, were soon in the swing of selling without a queue forming. Garth Johnson and Kim Pitt proved to be expert barbecue cooks with Di Binns and Katherine Marsden wielding tongs too. The bags of sausages and onions seemed somewhat daunting at first; however, the last sausage was sold at 3.55, five minutes before closing!
With a profit of just over $1200 to add to our funds for research into Parkinson’s Disease, we’ll certainly be applying again. It’s a great community opportunity provided by Bunnings.
