LEST
WE FORGET
So, Easter is behind us and there’s another holiday coming
up in three days with Anzac Day. And that means a lot to me for
several reasons.
This time last year I was privileged to be at Gallipoli. At Anzac
Cove for the Dawn Service.
And when you stand there -- in the cold, on the stony beach and
look up at the cliffs -- it really hits you. Those incredibly brave
Diggers never had an effing chance.
But they held on for eight months. And the Turks were brave too.
Anzac Day 2003 means even more to me because I have been involved
in a project for four years that came true last night when the first
box of Slouch Hat chocolates was delivered to my door.
With the support of the RSL I launched them on Bert Newton’s
programme on the Ten Network this morning – and on 3AW this
afternoon.
You can support our troops who are fighting overseas right now
--you can support the RSL -- by buying these boxes of chocolates
with each piece in the shape of the famous Slouch Hat. Right down
to the intricacies of the Rising Sun badge.
ALL profits during Anzac Week go to the RSL. And I am hoping to
raise $50,000.
There are boxes of forty, individually-wrapped, chocolates. You
can buy them directly through this website – see Slouch Hat
Chocolates down the page. They cost ten dollars and $3 postage and
handling. Australia Post is actually charging even more than that.
Or you can order through:
SweetOz Distribution
Factory 4
51 Reserve Road
Melton Vic 3337
Or – boxes of chocolates for ten bucks will be available
at 3AW on Thursday. Great value. Forty chocolates. Ten Bucks. If
you own a company, buy ten boxes for 100 dollars and sell them to
staff or the public at 3 chocolates for a dollar. You’ll make
a 30 per cent profit. And maybe you’ll give some of it back
to me for the RSL.
And they are made by Ernest Hillier, one of the best chocolates
makers in Australia.
ALL profits go to the RSL and we have the support of every RSL
state president. I am really proud of this project.
This is a shameless sell. But as the words on the box say: Support
Our Troops. Support Our RSL. Lest We Forget.
Tuesday, April 22, 2003
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Derryn Hinch 2002 |
