Yesterday was the Crop Day fundraiser for the Autism Association Early Intervention Centre.
IT was Huge.
I'm buggered.
We're buggered.
And very very happy.
All up the Coffee for a Cause drive, the Crop Day and the Cafe we ran at the crop day raised $5175.
In particular I would like to thank:
Dean Gallagher (5 Senses Coffee) and Kamran and Louise (Fiori Coffee) for your extraordinary generosity and great coffee, for the prizes for raffles and for the absolute committment you have shown - this would never have happened without you!
- Chris "Christretto" Ratty - a very professional amateur who did the long haul yesterday,
- Matt O'Donaghue (AKA Abstract Gourmet) - a polymath in the making if I ever saw one,
- Nolan Hirte - who showed us how it is really done when it is done well - good luck in Melbourne!
- Ashley Brian (5 Senses C0ffee) - for getting the La Marzocco to us in the first place, and for sage advice
- Justin(Fiori Coffee) - for making sure we had what we needed on the day (late edit - sorry mate don't know where my head is!)
- Andrew Tang - for the afternoon shift!
- Silvia - for taking hot chocolates to an art form
We were given some terrific prizes which we raffled off and a special thank you to:
- Cameron from Presso Australia for the Presso Espresso maker
- Clare from Tiger Tiger - I know what a treat those who won the vouchers are in for!
- Corey from Epic Espresso - Make them have a ristretto if it is their first time!
- Tracy from Crave Provedore at Floreat Forum - the bags were just what we needed.
And to Andy Freeman and all my fellow CoffeeSnobs who got the ball rolling with the Big Bean Donation - thank you!
To all those who dropped by for a coffee and a g'day it was great to see you!
I'll no doubt be writing a real post on the crop day in the next couple of day - but until then here is a sample of some of the photos - thank you Kim! (I know Matt has more, many more than these - some may require editing for Grendel removal purposes though!)
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3 comments:
It was a really great effort by everyone involved. Everyone present was willing to get their hands into it when required and get the job done.
I don't think enough can be said for the kindness and genourosity of both Dean & staff from 5 Senses and also Kam & staff from Fiori. Without either of those artisan roasters assistance, things would have been a lot more difficult.
THANK YOU TO ALL SPONSORS.
Grendel, hats off to you as well mate. You did a great effort with having the vision to generate the interest & provide the needed funds to the Autism organisation.
To everybody that helped in every way....... A job well done.
Christretto.
Well done to all of you for doing the work to make it happen. Especially Grendel for giving birth to the idea and brining it together. Fantastic result for the kids.
Kam
What a fantastic effort! Such a wonderful collection of friends, fellow coffee connoisseurs and like-minded supporters you have drawn together for such a great cause!
Would love to give my support next time for your future fund raising efforts! However, it sounds like you need some well deserved recovery time after this one though!
Lorraine
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