Trivia Night Recap

❤️🧡💛 Paint the Town: what a night💚💙💜

Jimmy Smale kicked off proceedings, his own pre-recorded voice introducing himself, immediately backed up with a live Elvis performance. That’s alright, Jimmy. He held everyone’s attention all night long, with a singalong to “Sweet Caroline”, brain-stumping word puzzles and a new and different take on Battleships, starring Harry “I have 4” Styles.

Our community brought it all. Everyone came in costume and so many in full colour, wearing their brightest brights or their darkest goth-inspired blacks. The Red Lobsters snapped up best dressed and showed their claws on the catwalk, alongside the brightest dressed representatives: the Lorax, Ali G, Dr Doom, Prince (who got up and rapped “Fresh Prince”) and our very own yellow Mustard Bottle, Shar! 🎨 Congratulations to the Jeaniuses, living up to their name and taking out the trivia crown. 🏆

The number that matters, we raised $12,400. It goes to new interschool sport bibs and soccer goals, and practical science equipment for the kids. ⚽🔬

🧡 Thank you to our donors 💛

Thank you to the businesses and local families who so generously donated vouchers and products to feed us and fill the Silent Auction, Raffle and Trivia prizes: Amanda PB Coaching, BP Dawson St, Brunswick Picture House, Bubble Planet (Fever), Bunnings Sydney Road, Cha Time Bubble Tea, Cheaper Buy Miles, Chemist Warehouse, Coles (Barkly Square & Union Square), Elite Supplements (Barkly Square), Emeline Herbreteau, F45 West Brunswick, Have Lots of Fun Merch, Netball Victoria, O.X. Cafe, Poyntons Nursery, Sage Pilates, Skyline Melbourne, Social Fair Coburg, Sweet Evelyn, SuperPark, Sydney Road Brunswick Association, To Be Frank Bakery (East Brunswick Village), Union Hotel, Viva Melbourne, the Welsh Family and Woolworths Albert St. 💚

💙 Thank you to our volunteers 💜

And thank you to the incredible group of volunteers who, in the lead up and on the night, arranged the food, ran the bar, chased donations of the incredible prizes, drafted comms and flyers, transformed the hall (lights, music, visuals, table decorations), helped with set up, clean up, chair collection and return, and tackled innumerable other tasks that brought it all together. I appreciate everyone that stepped up to help. 🌈

- Kelly Newton