Thursday, August 24, 2023

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Mackay and Whitsunday Life

Chow Down On Pizza For A Purpose

Laffos Bar and Pizzeria is helping to ignite a compassionate movement that combines gastronomic delight with social impact. Throughout the month of June, Laffos will pledge a generous $5 from every large pizza sold to the Grapevine Group, bolstering their unwavering commitment to local suicide training and awareness initiatives.

The Pizza for a Purpose campaign will launch with a tantalizing pop-up restaurant extravaganza on Saturday, June 3, aiming to galvanize the community and raise awareness for the cause.

The funds raised by this noteworthy initiative will play an instrumental role in sustaining Grapevine's life-saving courses, including the invaluable free 3-hour safeTALK training. With these resources at their disposal, Grapevine can continue equipping individuals with the knowledge and confidence to identify warning signs of suicide and provide essential assistance to those in need.

Grapevine Group President, Debbie Knight, passionately emphasises the significance of this training for the community: "Training like this is vital for the community. It's all about being aware of the warning signs of suicide and feeling confident to assist someone who is struggling,” Ms Knight said.

The free group safeTALK sessions or 1-hour Suicide Mythbusters toolbox talks are also available and can be delivered at workplaces, sports or community organisations.

“Without our supporters we would never have been able to reach our milestone of having 6,500 locals go through the training program.

“Getting this many people in the Mackay, Isaac and Whitsunday regions trained is a testament to how much the community cares about each other.” Ms Knight said.

Members of the public are encouraged to go down to Laffos on June 3 for a raft of pizza-eating competitions with all food supplied by Laffos.

From 9.30am selected children between the ages of 7 to 11 years will enter a pizza eating competition with the chance to win a $100 Caneland gift voucher prize. This will be followed at 10am by a supporter’s pizza eating competition with Pizza for a Purpose's valued sponsors. Then at 10.30am selected children from 12 to 16 years of age will have their own pizza eating competition and will also be in the running to win a $100 Caneland gift voucher prize. Between 11am and noon, 12 lucky Star 101.9 winners will have Laffo himself serve them lunch of pizzas and platters.

For more information on this competition, visit Star FM’s Facebook or www.star1019.com.au.

Mark (Laffo) Laffin

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