Lenten Fish Fry

We started the Lenten Fish Fry with the Knights of Columbus tonight. The KofC are letting us help them with the dinners and we get 25% of the profits to put towards our spring break trip. This sounds like a great thing except the Knights were not that well organized and prepared today and I doubt it will get any better as we help out on the other Fridays during Lent. Some of us Newmans were there at 3:30pm to start setting up because we had advertised that the dinner started at 4:30pm. No one told when it was supposed to start so we picked a time that seemes reasonable. Well, none of the Knights showed up until after 4pm and they had the food. Needless to say, we did not start on time...or at least the time we had picked to start at. Moreover, during the dinner, us students did a lot of the work while most of the Knights stood around drinking beer/wine and talking. Granted, there were a couple who manned the fryer and cooked up the fish and french fries, but we still did a lot of the work. Plus, who was left to clean up? That's right, a few of us students. Yeah, it kind of bites, but at least we don't have to worry about getting the supplies...although it might have been better if we were in charge of that too. Not only were the guys late, they didn't have any plates, utensils, napkins, cups, or tartar sauce (which is supposed to go with fish). So we used our Newman supplies (that are kept at the church for our pancake breakfasts) and general parish supplies. It makes me wonder if doing these dinners is almost more than it's worth. Then I remember the time that we put into other events that were essentially flops when it comes to raising us money for our trip. So at least we're making money on these dinners.