Posted by Sam McCurdy:
The popularity of the barbeque service provided by the Rotary Club of Berwick is spreading.
After a couple of years in hibernation due to the COVID pandemic, the Rotary BBQ was recently used successfully to cook sausages and onion for approximately 1000 staff and students at the Nossal High School’s Sports Day event at Casey Fields.
We have been asked to provide BBQ catering for a community event at the Arthur Wren Hall in Hampton Park on Sunday 26th June for the Southern Migrant and Refugee Centre. This will entail cooking and serving 800 sausages at a function there. Our own mobile BBQ will not be required in this case, as these premises include an industrial kitchen (See below), but we'll be contributing with bread, cooking oil and sauces (mustard and tomato).
Requests for the BBQ service in the upcoming 2022-2023 Rotary year are already surfacing, as indicated below.
Because of Greg Lee’s membership of the Clyde Road Level Crossing Removal Strategic Liaison Group (SLG), we have been asked to provide a BBQ service at a community event to be held at Buchanan Park on Saturday 23rd July from 10:00am – noon. Greg is currently clarifying the details for this event.
We have also been requested by CPB to provide a BBQ service for the official O’Shea Road Upgrade Opening, which is planned to take place on Saturday 6th August from 9:00am until noon. CPB is the construction company managing the upgrade.
All three events are very newsworthy and will provide the opportunity to showcase our Rotary Club to the community, as well as raising some funds. They will also provide excellent opportunities to gain new members.
We will need a few volunteers for each event to do the cooking, assembly and distribution of the sausages and onions, as well as vegetarian options. Therefore, if you would like to join the BBQ team for any, or all, of the events, please advise Sam McCurdy of your availability.
As a bonus, the BBQ team provides a great opportunity for fellowship.