Sausage Sizzle

Planning.

I decided that this year I would like to run a disco. I brainstormed fundraising ideas and decided that a sausage sizzle would earn lots of money to go towards it. I talked to Daniel and he asked me what all the profit money (about $300 - $500) will go towards and I thought maybe a class trip like rock climbing but then Daniel said we could use it for the year 8 leavers dinner.

Daniel said he already had sausages, sauce and bread so that was all set-up and ready. We then confirmed the date and started to make posters as you can see below. We also decided that another way of fundraising would be to sell Hot chocolates and coffee because it would earn us more money and give us experience so we decided to do it weekdays and made a poster for that too.

Organising.

I got onto everything as soon as I could. I printed off class lists and put notices over the loudspeaker about it and was hoping that lots of people would order one. On Monday morning Mea took orders and we got lots of orders but lots of people forgot about it over the weekend, Grace and I worked in the cafe as I am the only one who knows how to do the coffee and hot chocolate properly.

Action.

It finally came to the sausage sizzle day. We made sure the sausages and bread were defrosting and did some work in the common. When it was the middle block we organised the bread and paper towels. We then put the sausages in the oven and waited for them to be cooked. Then the sausages got delivered to learning common 1&2. Then I made Hot chocolates for the kids that ordered them in the morning. We ended up earning about $194 which was a great outcome.

My reflection.

My highlight of the sausage sizzle would be knowing that the money we raised is going towards a disco for everyone to enjoy and a time for everyone to have fun.

My challenge for the sausage sizzle would have to be making hot chocolates while running everything else at the same time and having to run around to get everything done

A change for next time would be to cook the sausages earlier so we didn’t have to rush as much as we did because they will be ready before everyone comes to get their one.