1 00:00:00,640 --> 00:00:03,720 Speaker 1: Was also a lovely evening for one of the highlights 2 00:00:03,800 --> 00:00:06,760 Speaker 1: of the year for me, tootling on down to the 3 00:00:06,800 --> 00:00:10,440 Speaker 1: showgrounds for the County Lions. Toot for attuckn now in 4 00:00:10,480 --> 00:00:14,320 Speaker 1: its twenty fifth year, collecting across wide Ashburton, Lake Hood 5 00:00:14,400 --> 00:00:19,160 Speaker 1: and Hines and operation that organizer Julie mckimmey says, continues 6 00:00:19,200 --> 00:00:19,560 Speaker 1: to grow. 7 00:00:19,680 --> 00:00:22,959 Speaker 2: It's huge now and there are so many different groups 8 00:00:23,000 --> 00:00:25,040 Speaker 2: from the community who come in and help us. So 9 00:00:25,520 --> 00:00:28,400 Speaker 2: it's just amazing the number of people have been here tonight, 10 00:00:28,560 --> 00:00:30,280 Speaker 2: so very very thankful for that. 11 00:00:30,720 --> 00:00:33,680 Speaker 3: Yeah, it's a well oiled machine and the County Lions 12 00:00:33,680 --> 00:00:35,400 Speaker 3: are the ones that certainly help bring it all together. 13 00:00:35,640 --> 00:00:37,640 Speaker 3: That must be a bit of an effort behind the scenes, 14 00:00:37,720 --> 00:00:39,440 Speaker 3: just even put the tables out in the signs. 15 00:00:39,880 --> 00:00:42,480 Speaker 2: Yeah, we've been here since about three o'clock this afternoon 16 00:00:42,800 --> 00:00:46,760 Speaker 2: and there's a couple of months of just organizing things. 17 00:00:46,920 --> 00:00:48,880 Speaker 3: So remind us again, how are we helping tonight? 18 00:00:49,040 --> 00:00:51,800 Speaker 2: So the food is going to three food beats, So 19 00:00:52,080 --> 00:00:56,560 Speaker 2: it's the Presbyterian Supports, Vincent to Paul and Salvation Army. 20 00:00:57,280 --> 00:00:59,680 Speaker 2: So they'll come in shortly and load up their trucks 21 00:00:59,680 --> 00:01:02,440 Speaker 2: and bear and trailers and off theago with all the 22 00:01:03,000 --> 00:01:03,840 Speaker 2: boxes of food. 23 00:01:03,960 --> 00:01:07,039 Speaker 3: So I noticed that property brokers are so generous they 24 00:01:07,120 --> 00:01:09,640 Speaker 3: must donate the bags. Is that they went out with 25 00:01:09,640 --> 00:01:11,520 Speaker 3: the courier a couple of weeks back, and then you've 26 00:01:11,520 --> 00:01:13,520 Speaker 3: got a table over here of the ladies folding the 27 00:01:13,600 --> 00:01:15,360 Speaker 3: bags almost like bed sheets. 28 00:01:15,400 --> 00:01:18,039 Speaker 2: What's happening there, Well, we're saving the bags. They'll be 29 00:01:18,120 --> 00:01:21,200 Speaker 2: recycled so the food beats will get some, and then 30 00:01:21,240 --> 00:01:24,800 Speaker 2: we save some for our projects during the year, so 31 00:01:24,840 --> 00:01:26,680 Speaker 2: that you know, they get used a game. 32 00:01:26,800 --> 00:01:28,720 Speaker 3: I almost had a heart attack, and I'm blaming the 33 00:01:28,760 --> 00:01:31,280 Speaker 3: baby brain. I've got a bit too confident with the saucers. 34 00:01:31,360 --> 00:01:33,920 Speaker 3: I had about five or six tomato sauces lined up 35 00:01:34,200 --> 00:01:37,240 Speaker 3: and almost lost. And I didn't though if I had 36 00:01:37,280 --> 00:01:38,560 Speaker 3: of what I have been the first. 37 00:01:38,880 --> 00:01:42,040 Speaker 2: Ah No, that's why we have one or two rubbish 38 00:01:42,120 --> 00:01:45,440 Speaker 2: bags down here to pick up the messy things. 39 00:01:45,520 --> 00:01:48,040 Speaker 3: Yeah, and the mop and bucket. Seemfully that hasn't had 40 00:01:48,040 --> 00:01:51,160 Speaker 3: to come out tonight. It's not, no, and I'm glad 41 00:01:51,200 --> 00:01:54,000 Speaker 3: I kept it that way. Another novelty of the night 42 00:01:54,040 --> 00:01:56,960 Speaker 3: has been working alongside the cadets. There's been a number 43 00:01:56,960 --> 00:01:59,040 Speaker 3: of times I've been referred to as sir. I could 44 00:01:59,040 --> 00:01:59,640 Speaker 3: get used to that. 45 00:02:00,920 --> 00:02:03,760 Speaker 2: It's one thing I've noticed tonight. There are a lot 46 00:02:03,800 --> 00:02:07,280 Speaker 2: of children working here and from different groups around town, 47 00:02:07,680 --> 00:02:11,440 Speaker 2: Mayfield's School. All of those people have come in and 48 00:02:11,480 --> 00:02:15,200 Speaker 2: the children's menners have been just lovely, you know, pleases 49 00:02:15,400 --> 00:02:17,560 Speaker 2: fair Cus And. 50 00:02:17,400 --> 00:02:19,600 Speaker 3: On this occasion, I feel like it's more forced moseur 51 00:02:19,680 --> 00:02:22,960 Speaker 3: from Soesai Rogers, but hey, I'll take it. It's still flattering. 52 00:02:23,000 --> 00:02:24,320 Speaker 3: Closing comments, she's doked. 53 00:02:24,840 --> 00:02:27,359 Speaker 2: Absolutely stoked. I always am at this time of the 54 00:02:27,440 --> 00:02:29,880 Speaker 2: night when you see the stacks out there that have 55 00:02:29,960 --> 00:02:35,000 Speaker 2: been all organized, but it's not an easy time for 56 00:02:35,080 --> 00:02:38,040 Speaker 2: people these days. And just to see everybody and hair 57 00:02:38,120 --> 00:02:42,079 Speaker 2: helping and parents and children together, it's great. No, it's 58 00:02:42,120 --> 00:02:42,639 Speaker 2: been really good.