O-happy week

Dear sweets,

I can't really put into words how fantastic O-week has been for us as a group. So i'll let some of the founding committee members break it down for you...

Mikey:

It was very exciting and we got lucky with the weather albeit a little hot. Lots of people came through, loved the stall and commented on the club. In general people had a very positive response to the concept of the club and quite a few people showed a lot of enthusiasm to want to be involved. We had heaps of requests for baking classes and people wanted to know if we taught them how bake which we will definitely work on. So stay tuned for baking classes! We ran into a lovely gentleman named Geoff who works at the uni and from here on out will be referred to as the EGG MAN. He works on a free range egg farm and offered us some lovely free range eggs at very generous prices. That’s all I have to say about that:)

Joanne:

Yesterday was 1st of March, my first time working for O-Week Sweets by Sweets promotion! At first it was a bit awkward ‘cause I’m not a Macquarie girl; I’m from UTS, but then you, Macquarie people, are super friendly and sweet, I actually had great fun meeting new people and socialising. And wow… Macquarie boys… way hotter than UTS boys. I have this good feeling that I’ll become more outgoing as I work and play with you all, ‘cause I spend most of my time talking to no one…

Anyway, so I wrote our list of members last night – 290 people signed up! Not to mention they have awesome names too like, Alexis, Valentine, Orathay, Marielle… God, why is my name Joaaannnne? Oh, we’re not sure how many people we’d be able to contact back because I couldn’t quite read some of the writings (sorry) but hopefully most of them will turn up next Thursday, ready to send toys and dolls to disadvantaged kids. Is it only me who’s replaying the last scene of Toy Story 3 inside my head?

Now the food, I haven’t tried all of them but it was quite funny to watch people staring as they walk pass. I’m pretty sure they were thinking ‘OMG, yum, must get one!’ but then soon believed that’s a risky action because one; they might have to pay for it, two; they have to listen to all the crap about the club, and three; they need to either get the pamphlet or sign up or do both in the worst case. Those who grabbed a cake or two got asked to join, and some said they never bake or aren’t very brilliant at it. Hmmm… I don’t bake. I’m not even friends with my own kitchen and its gang except the coffee machine. So, I think, next time, we should approach those baking newbs like me by informing them that ‘baking’ isn’t the big picture of this group. Why not approach those who are just simply into charity works or social gatherings where they can casually talk about being there for someone or helping others? My photography tutor said, “Whatever you guys do, try to become people.”

Anyway… I don’t know what else to say. I’m actually quite worried about next Thursday ‘cause I have no toys or dolls that I can to give out, except this Barbie that it’s hair got cut by 7 year old me. What are you guys planning to bring?


See you at our Sweet Tea Party this Thursday the 8th of March where we'll all be bringing in toys for one of our most beloved charities, Tea 4 Toys. For more details check out our Facebook page(:


Sincerely,

Stephy.