Can’t Stop the Serenity Charity Screenings

Sadly, we have had to cancel yet another bbq. This is due to poor communication between the union and the wine centre booking facility and the union running a FREE bbq at the same time our bbq was meant to occur. I only found out about this today because of fliers up around campus, or it could have been a very expensive day for us on thursday. Luckily I’ve been able to cancel our orders with baker and butcher (and candlestick maker?)

We just cannot compete with free. i believe we booked our bbq first, but as i said, due to poor communication, we were never alerted to the fact that the Union was having a bbq on the same day, let alone free as part of Re-O week. And of course, that is more important than our event, and we have had to cancel.

Hopefully the BBQ on the 14th will go ahead as planned, and we are looking at rescheduling this week’s bbq, so that we can still donate the same amount to EN as planned

Early tally so far is about $2000 (for reference last year was $1600) but there is still some money to come in for preordered items, plus we have a chocolate run being finished, and we have 2 more bbq’s, so expect that number to go up.

Last night i pulled three large boxes out of my car and tallied things up.

blankets -2
scarves - 8
jumper/jackets - 7
gloves - 7
beanies - 7
other clothes - 5

rice - 2
tuna/salmon - 3
meal in a can - 5
tinned veg - 5
tinned fruit - 6
soup - 20
BB and spaghetti - 26
other - 6

So together we collected 73 items of food and 36 items of clothing/blankets for the appeal

With only a handful of days til CSTS, things are kind of hectic, but never fear, as usual we will get everything done, and put on a fun evening for all.

I’m awed by the number of people that are coming along, but don’t forget to bring your tin/jar of non-perishable food and your warm item of clothing/blanket (if you can).

also, for those who have bought tickets this week, you’ll be able to pick them up at the door.

For those who already have tickets, don’t forget to fill out your name and email address in advance. they’ll go into a draw after the event, and if we can contact you by email, we’ll send you a prize.

Oh.. incidentally, the crew will be wearing red tshirts that say Helper Monkey on the back, and I’ll be the one with the scary words Director of Events on the back, so if there are any questions, come find one of us.

Oh, and for those attending the quiz night, I’ve been told the Judges might be susceptible to bribes, so make sure to ask them about it.

See you all there.