FORPS, Parents & Community 

Bunnings BBQ was a HUGE success!!

FORPS would like to thank all who bought a sausage at the Bunnings BBQ on Sunday. We raised a world record $2,600 profit for the school! (This is compared to $1500 last year and $2000 in 2020 – pre-pandemic)

FORPS would also like to give a HUGE thank you to all the volunteers who helped out, because without all of those generous people, this would not have been possible, especially Kellie McQuestin, who has co-ordinated the stall for many years. And a big thanks also to those who donated BBQ items, and to those who wanted to help out, but weren't available on this particular day.

Volunteering for something such as a Bunnings BBQ can be nerve wracking. For me I think it is the fact that it is a public facing role and deals with money that made me hesitate. But after 3 years of volunteering – I can honestly say it is one of my favourite things to do for RPS.

What is involved? Oh, I am so glad you asked! So many different things can be done to help.

• Food preparation:
  • Preparing the bread. We pre-stack bread on the serviettes (then put it back in the bread bag) so it is ready to go.
  • Making sure the esky is full of drinks and ice
  • Making sure the sauce bottles are also full.
• One person cooks the BBQ
• One or two people take orders and handle money. There is a QR code now, so lots of people paid electronically
• One person assembles the sausages. This involves listening to the orders being shouted from the money handlers, and then putting it together “one with onion” YES CHEF. “3 with no onion” YES CHEF
• One person is the sausage courier. They take the sausage order to the person who wants to eat this delectable cuisine.

If you don’t want to handle money, you don’t have to. If you don’t want to cook the BBQ, you don’t have to. As you can see, there are many jobs you can do in the one hour allocation. And it goes so quickly!

Some people are also worried about members of the public being grumpy waiting for their sausages. In my 3 years of volunteering, I have only come across one really grumpy person. 99.99% of people are very friendly and happy. I mean, they are just about to eat a delicious sausage, who wouldn’t be happy about that.

So, I hope that I have convinced you to consider volunteering an hour of your time next time we are fortunate enough to get a Bunnings BBQ allocation. It is an amazing fundraiser for our wonderful school and a great way to connect with fellow parents.

Jackie, on behalf of FORPS