Two years ago as President Elect, I prevailed upon incoming Treasurer, Herb Greenwood and Peter Duras to give Bunnings Sausage Sizzles a go. We all rolled up our sleeves, found 2 suitable Bunnings sites and as they say, the rest is history.
In summary, this recurring source of income has yielded approximately $30,000 in the 2 years, with almost $19,000 approx raised this Rotary year. That in anyone’s language is a substantial sum.
Our thanks go to the 33 Club members and 4 Partners who volunteered their time on at least one occasion this year and to the 26 members/partners who volunteered multiple times (Sue Duras, Leonie Greenwood, Pauline O’Brien, Yanpu, Marjorie Gerlinger, Rebecca John, Anne King, Therese Robinson, Millie Swann, Alison Chan, Lynne Webber, Campbell Chambers, Bernie Gerlinger, John Hinrichs, Gerard Hogan, Neville John, David Jones, Doug Robertson, Rohan Williams, Kevin Love, Alan Seale, Neville Taylor, Roger Thornton, Herb Greenwood, Peter Duras and Frank O’Brien (sorry if we have missed someone).
Our last Bunnings Sausage Sizzle for this year was held last Friday at Port Melbourne in wet, cold and windy conditions. Even so, $625.50 was raised. All told, we held 21 Sausage Sizzles during this Rotary year which means an average profit of a little under $1000 per event. The split between Bunnings venues was 11 Collingwood, 9 Port Melbourne and 1 at West Footscray.
That’s it for this year as we go into early winter hibernation. We look forward to next year with the expectation that it will be another good year.