The Big Free Guild Revision-Break Summer BBQ!

"They come, they eat, they leave." - Flik, A Bug's Life, 1998.

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Today, the Guild hosted its first ever summer BBQ. We ingeniously titled this as The Big Free Guild Revision-Break Summer BBQ!

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And to be honest, I was amazed by how rammed Mermaid Square was. It was as busy as Fab N Fresh, only it was during the day. And the queue at half 11 was almost as big as the Grad Ball! I guess it just goes to show, free food is truly the way to win over our students :)

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There were a variety of ideas behind the BBQ.

Firstly, we wanted to give students something simple that they would appreciate. And free food certainly ticks that box!

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Secondly, we know students are stressed with their revision. We were there ourselves last year! Therefore, we hoped a bit of free food and sun would help alleviate a bit of stress and ensure students' mental health is being looked after.

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Also, the BBQ was a great opportunity to catch a captive audience of students. Therefore, we did a little bit of flyering telling students about our new bye-laws and giving out the infamous '101 Things the Exec Have Done For You This Year' pamphlet.

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We also used this opportunity to grab some feedback and asked students to fill out feedback cards for our box.

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On a different note, I'm quite impressed that we sold out of food in 45 minutes. Whispers of a free meal certainly got round quickly considering we only put up two posters and started a Facebook Event! But we'll stock up a bit more next time, I promise.

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Overall - good grub and good to see you. Now get back to the library!