Belgian Days

By the time you read this I'll be pulling my first and last shift as a volunteer at the Brussels Lions Club 64th Annual Belgian Days.

The festivities begin with a parade that begins at St. Francis and St. Mary Church, winds thru town and makes the final turn to land at Brussels Town Park.  There will be the last of boys and girls youth tournament baseball and softball.  The last of the food and beverages.  The last band as well. We're hopeful to sell out of everything with the exception of a few remaining kegs of beer.  

With all hands on desk, taking everything down comes-together pretty quickly.  And after everything has been cleaned and stored the opportunity to kick back with your neighbors and finish-off the last of the beer with a beautiful peninsula sunset is an appealing prospect.  Sure, there will remain some odds and ends to be performed on Monday; but the heavy lift will be in the rear view mirror.

Once we have an after action report I'll endeavor to report some of the results of this once a year fundraiser.  Brussels Lions don't host a periodic brat fry at the grocery, sell roses, chocolates or other stuff for fundraising.  Our club does everything in one fell swoop. One and done.  I'm not implying it is better; but it works for us and our unique circumstances.

In case you're wondering here's pricing on beverages

And this is what making the third batch of booyah looks like.  Naturally that is wood fired cooking....