Gerringong Lions Club had a very busy October long weekend.

It started with a very cold Oktoberfest celebration on the Thursday night where members and friends enjoyed some beautiful German sausages and a host of salads as well as the mandatory beer refreshments.

Monday it was all action - the Return and Earn operation was in full swing with a near record 12,000 bottles and cans collected.

Not all of them would fit into the machines and the rest were stored for processing the next day.

All of the proceeds are distributed to charities and organisations in need of assistance.

At the same time, another band of Lions were at Bunnings Albion Park cooking sausage sandwiches with the crew for the afternoon shift following them in what was another worthy fundraiser for the Lions.

Many thanks to Bunnings.