Last Wednesday and Thursday, Surfers Sunrise Rotarians were busy earning some much-needed dollars at the Brisbane Business Expo at the Nissan Arena in Mt Gravatt. Organised by PDG Darrell Brown, our team started mid-afternoon on Wednesday, to be continued from the very early hours of Thursday morning (getting up at around 4 am to be in Mt Gravatt at 06:30 - Yawn!) to the latter part of the afternoon. We assisted with the 'bump-in' e.g. unloading trestles and chairs, setting them up, then directing traffic from 6:30 am on Thursday morning, "rattling the bucket" by running the Gold Coin collection. Then, at the end of the day, we took it all down again, getting the tables and chairs out to the trucks. Hard work, but should be quite rewarding - final figures are not yet available. A big thank you goes to the Expo organiser, Paula Brand, and of course to our team. Most committed for multiple shifts: Darrell Brown, Geoff Croad, Angus Miller, Paul O'Neill, Paul Seymour, Larry Murray, Andy Bell, Doug Lipp and yours truly. Photo: Organiser Darrell Brown, Paul O'Neill and Larry Murray holding the fort at the Gold Coin collection.Great fundraiser at Brisbane Business Expo
Last Wednesday and Thursday, Surfers Sunrise Rotarians were busy earning some much-needed dollars at the Brisbane Business Expo at the Nissan Arena in Mt Gravatt. Organised by PDG Darrell Brown, our team started mid-afternoon on Wednesday, to be continued from the very early hours of Thursday morning (getting up at around 4 am to be in Mt Gravatt at 06:30 - Yawn!) to the latter part of the afternoon. We assisted with the 'bump-in' e.g. unloading trestles and chairs, setting them up, then directing traffic from 6:30 am on Thursday morning, "rattling the bucket" by running the Gold Coin collection. Then, at the end of the day, we took it all down again, getting the tables and chairs out to the trucks. Hard work, but should be quite rewarding - final figures are not yet available. A big thank you goes to the Expo organiser, Paula Brand, and of course to our team. Most committed for multiple shifts: Darrell Brown, Geoff Croad, Angus Miller, Paul O'Neill, Paul Seymour, Larry Murray, Andy Bell, Doug Lipp and yours truly. Photo: Organiser Darrell Brown, Paul O'Neill and Larry Murray holding the fort at the Gold Coin collection.