RSL Wodonga sub branch is gearing up for its busiest day of the year on Anzac Day.
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Head chef Lee Botting and his staff will cater for 600 for breakfast from 6.45am following Wodonga’s dawn service at 5.45am in Woodland Grove.
He said up to 1000 would visit the club throughout the day on Monday.
It follows a corporate lunch for 250 on site for the Treasurer’s visit and Vietnam War anniversary event.
Guests were served local eye fillet of beef with a chestnut and sweet potato puree and Burgundy jus and a kiev of chicken with Milawa seeded mustard sauce.
“We’re turning into a corporate business model because we don’t get a lot of funding,” Botting said.
Not-for-profit RSLs make an enormous contribution to Veterans Welfare statewide each year.
RSL Wodonga president Kevyn Williams said Botting was an asset to the club and the broader RSL.
“We’re getting more and more outsiders coming to the place,” he said
Albury eatery Grind on Olive will donate all the proceeds from the sale of its Anzac biscuits this week to Legacy.
Front of house manager Sally Whyte said they hoped to sell 100 biscuits by the close of business Friday in their second year of supporting the charity, which cared for families of those who have served the country.
“Our owner and chef Veronnica Wardle is from a military family and we all think it’s a great cause,” Ms Whyte said.
“Customers have been happy to pay $2.50 for an Anzac biscuit with their coffee.”
Border espresso bar Coffee Mamma is offering free coffee to present and retired service personnel on Anzac Day.
Owner/operator Matthew Sheridan encouraged service people to make themselves known to his staff.
“Please let us know if you are current or retired service personnel,” he said.
“We appreciate the sacrifices you have made and currently make for us all.”
Coffee Mamma will open for takeaway service only in Albury from 8am and Wodonga pre-Anzac Day dawn service.