Welcome to the 2018 Bake...

As we celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Association and the commencement of Aurora Disability Services' day programme back in 1988, we again are ready to bake up a storm. As always the funds raised will assist the continued operation of our programmes and facilities.

So, with a few pearls of 30th anniversary wisdom along the way, this blog will take you through this year's bake.

We wouldn't be able to do this without our many supporters - from the businesses and organisations selling the biscuits for us, suppliers, volunteers; and of course all our loyal customers who return year after year to buy our biscuits (we hope you are enjoying some as you check out our blog!) - a big thank you to all of you.

If you would like a basket of biscuits for your business to sell, please email us at
auroradisability@auroradisability.org.au or call us on 6273 0916.

Friday, 20 April 2018

Help!

Help! We need workers.
Here they are, the last group of Vodafone helpers arrived and got to work.

Help! We need ingredients.
Missing in action, one truck, driver and order.

After some frantic phone calls a new one was despatched, but not before the Tearooms were relieved of every grain of sugar they could spare!

And thus the bake was saved and continued...


Pleased to meet you! Final group of Vodafone volunteers
are here and ready to go.



Cat and Tony decimating the butter...
into 140g portions of course.



Mathew, Karen and Tom threading gumnuts - as fast as
they can the packing table take them!



Seeing the bottom of the gumnut tray! 
Rebecca concentrating on threading.



Kelly and Rod in the dry mix corner, 
counting till 10 takes on a whole new meaning here.



Luke's done the counting.



Shane, Janine and Brian working with Brice.



Is Jennifer all on her own here in the kitchen?



No, she's not, Josef and a few applicants for the ovens.



The pantry is business as usual too, Stacey and David
with a fresh bowl of mix from the kitchen.



Nena's no stranger to this job either.



Concentration at the lifting table, Layla and Jacquie.



Not me says Anita, one strategically placed tray...



Virginia and Tahnee at the packing table.



With Jeremy and Ollie opposite.



Joel with another tray ready for...



Beppi and Karen who are a little swamped but
they didn't let the pressure get to them and calmly worked on.



Julie proudly showing the morning's effort, all of which have
since been loaded into the van for delivery.


What evidence can be gained after lunch? And what has this morning frenzy done to the tally board? We shall find out later!



It is here!!! 



More orders...including one going to Queensland.



Hard work at the butter table, Joel, Rebecca and Stacey.



Janine on the other side.



Rod working on labelling the bags.



Tony, Jonathan and Wayne, teamwork!



Chris and Josef on the other side also threading gumnuts.



Dry mix measuring and stirring - Jeremy and Tom.



Layla adding bicarb to another batch for Brice.



Ollie rolling in the pantry.



Jacquie, Tammy and Jennifer
also in the pantry for the afternoon.



Serious work here, Mathew at the lifting table.



Rachel packing with assistance from Karen.



And that makes 10 - Rebecca.



Look at all those bags on the table behind these ladies!
Sylvia and Cat have been busy this afternoon.


And that folks is it till next week - a day and a bit of baking left to do...we can do it!!!

A quick reminder to finish the week, the Flags of Our Blogs competition winner will be announced on Tuesday, get your entry in quick! Click on the link below for competition details:







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