This past weekend we held our first annual American Craft Beer Week BBQ Cook-Off, co-sponsored by the Nebraska Cattlemen – Burwell Affiliate. We wanted to celebrate American Craft Beer Week, May Beef Month and have fun while doing it. The event also served as an opportunity for us to give back to our community: specifically the Ord Food Pantry. Food banks and pantries are essential to alleviating hunger and food insecurity across our nation. Most importantly, contributions to support the Ord Food Pantry help the most vulnerable to food insecurity: children. It’s estimated that nearly 16 MILLION children live in food insecure homes across America.
We’re pleased to announce the results of the contributions to the Ord Food Pantry. The generous contributions of the community totaled in $892 raised with 270.75 pounds of food donated for the Ord Food Pantry. We would like to express our sincere gratitude for the support received at the event. The generosity of our area community is overwhelming. The contributions raised from the fundraiser also apply toward the Can Caravan goals made by the Ord Food Pantry.
BBQ Cook-off winners were: Matt Woodward/Chris Plate (Ord, NE – 1st Place) and Dustin Rutledge/Mitch West (Lincoln, NE – 2nd Place). SBC also released a new beer in collaboration with Kinkaider Brewing Company of Broken Bow.
1st Place Winners (Matt Woodward & Chris Plate) photo by Alan Bartels
We’d like to thank everyone that contributed to the event a HUGE thank you – especially the Cattlemen, the cooks, Kinkaider Brewing Company, Grain Place Foods and Cetak’s Specialty Meats.
2nd Place Winners (Dustin Rutledge & Mitch West) photo by Alan Bartels
What we do TOGETHER does make a difference. Let’s make UNITY in community a priority, shall we?