We now have a treasurer. Someone to keep us on track financially was always going to be the best thing we ever did. Christine is organised, driven, passionate, supportive, knowledgable about all the things the rest of the team are not, and of course she is in love with animals. Basically, she adds to the team ten-fold.
It was Christine’s initiative to get the ball rolling on donation boxes. We know have TWELVE! These donation boxes, and the businesses that support them, are a small miracle in the lives of the animals and people here at Sugarshine. They are collected once a month and always have money in them, every one. Each donation box averages to $30 a month, which is EPIC from where we’re standing. The cute toy animals and fake grass found inside them must help. Each box also has a picture of Primula the bobby calf and Romeo the piglet, if you spot one of these gorgeous boxes around the Far North Coast, feel free to part with your spare change…
You don’t have to live in Lismore in order to support us through our donation boxes. They are spread all over the Far North Coast. However buying a delicious treat for yourself or your pet is definitely a requrement! Please show all the support you can for these businesses. Scratch and Sniff in Ballina, The Spotted Pig in Lindendale, Helens Heavenly Foods in Burleigh, Flour of Life Bakery in Helensvale, Go Vita at Ballina Fair, Coffee and Kitchen in East Ballina, Healthy Life in the lismore shopping square, The Beet in Byron Bay, The Garden Plate in Lismore, Spacebars Ice-creamery stall, Zeebras Cafe in Casino, and Landy’s Bulk Foods Alstonville. A special mention goes to Pacific Bulk Foods in Lismore, who usually have our box proudly displayed on their counter, but due to recent flooding have not found their box just yet. Also keep an eye out for a box at Flock in Lismore.
It is customary for stores in Australia to have a donation box sitting on the counter. Rather than ignoring them, why not spend your loose change on a worthy cause, and support a charity that needs your help?
]]>Our wonderful volunteers (you know who you are), were our sanity during the day. Like we’ve said many times before, you make Sugarshine. All those who give us their days-off and work themselves to the bone to support the animals are what make doing this Sanctuary thing possible. Steve and team from Flour of Life Bakery in Helensvale, were the real hero’s of the day. Steve made over 400 vegan sausages from scratch just for us. They were delicious, and we were beyond lucky for the help of the Bakery, because if we hadn’t had them swoop in at the last minute we would have been without enough sausages for the sold-out day that we had! So thank you, from the bottom of our hearts.
We were pleasantly surprised by the response to the vegan sausages. Lismore is a progressive place as it is, but Bunnings Warehouse doesn’t exactly attract that crowd we would normally have at our Farm Animal Sanctuary Volunteer days. Most people were surprised about the new form of cylindrical protein. Surprise did not lead to disgust in many cases, and we can confidently say the day was a success!
It’s safe to say Bunnings can look forward to some more Vegan Sausages in the future.
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