Members of Greater Springfield Rotary cooked up a storm on Saturday 19 October with a sausage sizzling BBQ at Central Springfield Bunnings. On an overcast, and occasionally rainy day there was no stopping the Saturday shoppers at Bunnings, with a steady flow of customers between 8am and 4pm getting their 'sausage sanger' fix as they did their weekend shopping. 'Its almost impossible to walk past the sizzle once you smell the sausages and onions cooking' remarked one happy customer, who stopped to feed the family of five, and the dog as well !
A trip to Bunnings at the weekend seems to be a family affair these days, with many Mum's and Dad's with kids dropping in to have a quick chat as they indulged in perhaps the best sausages ever cooked at Bunnings. We know that is a big claim, but we do have a very special butcher that supplies excellent sausages and we prepare all other ingredients, including 20 Kilograms of onions freshly the evening before. Of course we quality control taste everything regularly during the day to make sure we are maintaining our standards !
Taking the family pet dog to Bunnings also seems to be coming a regular occurrence with may pooches observed riding in the shopping carts around the Bunnings store and then dropping by for a feed on the way home. The Rotarians are happy to feed all comers, and often have return customers, seeking a second (and sometimes a third) sausage before heading home to put the Bunnings purchases to good use.
Greater Springfield is very appreciative of the opportunity provided by Bunnings to raise funds for community projects. As President Donelle remarked "the venue is always busy, and customers love to support us, as well as enjoy the sausages and onions' . We have a lot of fun during the day, meeting many interesting people, and we usually raise over $1000 in profit each time we do a Bunnings BBQ, and this money is put to good use in support of Rotary Community projects.
So a big thank you to Bunnings for providing this great community service, and of course to all the customers who dropped by for a feed or just to make a donation. We will see you again soon.