Eatup Goes International!
On 10th April Robyn and Deb attended a fabulous Eatup sandwich making session at Ballarat Grammar.
Eatup Founder Lyndon Galea was there, with two other Eatup staff, Alex and Ben and together we facilitated a session for 160 participants who made 2082 cheese sandwiches in 20 minutes!
The International part is that the participants - school students from years 8, 9, 10 and 11 and accompanying staff represented schools from all states of Australia and overseas.
This session was during the school holidays, so the sandwiches were stored frozen at Grammar and a team of volunteers delivered them to 36 local schools when school resumed.
Photos above show the table set up ready for the sandwich-making, Lyndon and Ben explaining the history of Eatup and the sandwich-making process, plus some of our volunteer delivery team with Grammar staff member, Rob Gray who assisted with access to the freezer and transporting the sandwiches to our cars - Thanks Rob! The final photo shows the last 60 sandwiches being delivered - to Alfredton Primary School.
Thanks so much to the team at Ballarat Grammar - Jill Coote, Sophie Cotton for the idea of this mammoth event, Gayan Gunasekara for access to the freezer, Eatup Staff, Lyndon, Ben and Alex for travelling from Melbourne and bringing most of the ingredients, all of the students and staff who made it happen on the day, and finally to our Alfredton members and friends for coordinating the whole event and for volunteering to ensure that it was all possible.