14/03/2026
What a night...some young people just blow me away with their maturity, compassion and kindness.🤩
Had the pleasure of meeting the junior committee of the South Maroubra SLSC last night. These amazing young people fundraised enough to supply pizza for the whole night (plus extra that they will use over the next few kitchens to buy more pizza) and also make an amazing contribution of tea, coffee, sugar, Milo, milk and biscuits for our coffee station and they brought in heaps of toiletries. So thank you Liam, Nicholas, Emily, Makayla, Luca, Antony, Billy, Sophie and Olivia...can't wait to see you again. Even our grumpy server D asked..."Are those kids coming again next week?"😂🥰 They really were amazing🤩
Of course amazing humans come from amazing humans...the adults that came with these kids mucked in, chatted, served and had a laugh with us...thanks so much to Club President Stretch and Nipper Registrar Mary who put a lot of time and effort into getting this night together🤩 Also a big thank you to the Diana, Ashley, Pete, Linda, Karen, Fuji and Kelly....was so great to meet and chat with you guys. Thanks so much to the entire South Maroubra Surf Life Saving Club community for your generosity.
Need to also make a special mention of Todd...he was the instigator behind the South Maroubra Nippers heping us. He also brought boxes of fruit for our guys. Todd was introduced to our kitchen by Rachael, who was helping around Martin Place with Lanz for a long time...so amazing to see our community growing...likeminded people making a difference.
Of course when we get pizza from Domino's Pizza Sydney CBD, Michael and Nat are giving from their own pockets. Not only do they give discounted pizzas and free delivery, they also add extra pizzas to our order. These guys have been on board since day one and they have been involved with the street kitchen since the days Lanz was running things🤩🥰
We had one of our pensioners bring in pantry items and biscuits and two of our local cafes contributed delicious sandwiches and pastries. One of our ladies also contributed some clothes.
We were happy to give our amazing supporters Chris and Martin from The Golden Pavilion Wine & Dine Revesby and Ming from The Old Town Hong Kong On Barangaroo the night off...our guys missed their delicious Chinese meals though😇😇😇...again these guys used to help Lanz with the street kitchen.🤩
Linda had given us so many toiletries over the last few kitchens that we still had enough to put some out last night😇
Nobody wanted to leave last night...we had enough pizzas to stay open till 10pm and there was about 10 of us left, laughing, joking and giving each other sh*t😂🥰
Bring what you can...take what you need...marae style kitchen model courtesy of Lanz Priestley RIL 🖤🤍❤️🖤💛❤️
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