Primitive Country Farm

by Maria

Boolboonda's BIGGEST Morning Tea

The Biggest Morning Tea for Cancer is the Biggest Morning Tea for Boolboonda

Organisers for the Biggest Morning Tea held at the Boolboonda Memorial Hall on Saturday 24 May 2008 were pleased with the community response that saw over $520 raised for the charity event.

Organiser Mrs Pene Mahoney said that approximately 62 people attended travelling from Childers, Bundaberg, Gin Gin, Mount Perry and even Toowoomba to support the Australia-wide fundraising effort.

Boolbonda did it a little differently and combined the usual tea and scones with a sausage sizzle overseen by the menfolk and displays of various handicrafts created around the district. The usual morning tea went for most of the day as everyone socialised and enjoyed themselves.

The walls of the rustic hall were hung with quilts and hand-beaten cow-bells were displayed along with hand-made dolls created by an artist from Oakey.

Ms Judy Honour was the guest speaker and talked about her experience with cancer while Ms Julie Tracey from Toowoomba gave a presentation on her traditional block quilts.

Fellow organiser Mrs Maria Bywater said that the support of Mr Scott Wallace who donated 6kg of sausages and the donation bags of fruit rolls from Brumbies, Sugarland was greatly appreciated. Wonbah Winery also supported the event with door prizes of wine.

‘It’s the support of locals that help make this sort of thing the huge success today has turned out to be’, Mrs Bywater said.

The organisers, the Boolboonda Hall Quilters, would like to thank those who made the donations and everyone that turned up and supported on the day.

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