diff --git a/sampleData.go b/sampleData.go
index 3a2ffe0..19281ac 100644
--- a/sampleData.go
+++ b/sampleData.go
@@ -25,3 +25,21 @@ func CreateSampleEvent() *Event {
 
 	return e
 }
+
+func CreateSampleEvents(total int) []Event {
+	// TODO: flush this out to do all the fields
+	log.Println("CreateSampleEvent() is generating %d protobuf Events", total)
+
+	var all []Event
+
+	for i := 0; i < total; i++ {
+		e := CreateSampleEvent()
+
+		e.Id += 1000 + int32(i)
+		e.Name = "jcarrEvent2"
+
+		all = append(all, *e)
+	}
+
+	return all
+}