Our Adventure In Southampton

As an e-club our membership is spread all over the district and several of our members actually live outside of 1070. One of our newest members, Lynn Dow, hails from Southampton. After Lynn came up to Towcester to help with the maintenance of our wildflower meadow and, at the same time, experience one of our famous ‘sausage sizzles’, she decided that she would like to arrange a similar fundraising event in her home town of Southampton. 

As a club we were keen to support her. A group of eight of our members travelled all the way to Southampton for a weekend to run a ‘Sausage Sizzle’ at the Hedge End Shopping Centre. 

Sainsbury’s and Marks and Spencer were generous in their support, donating sausages and bread for the event and we raised £465 for two local charities, One Community and The Rainbow Centre and other Rotary supported causes. 

We met many local people including some Southampton Rotarians who were very interested in our set-up. We also had some very colourful and entertaining customers who were on their way to the nearby cricket ground to watch Hampshire dressed as fruit! 

As a group we had a great weekend of hard work, fun and fellowship.

We look forward to our next ‘Sausage Sizzle’ at Weston Favell Shopping Centre, Northampton on 4th and 5th of December. 

If you are in the area, please come and support us. It’s great fun and the sausages are very tasty! If you want help to run a sausage sizzle for your own club, we’d be very happy to help.

Annette Borner –Club president