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It may be a little known and undocumented fact, but eating ribs has proven beneficial for local charities. In fact, the benefit is in excess of $462,000 over the past ten years!
That’s when the Rotary Club of Guelph-Trillium launched Ribfest, a festival featuring rib vendors from across North America who compete for the “best ribs” while thousands of people enjoy a lip-smacking menu.
“Ribfest is a family event, intended to be a community party,” says past-Ribfest Chair, Bruce Folkard. “Besides the ribs, there’s a kid’s area, great music, and a car show.”
And it is the community that benefits - thanks to the club’s efforts, a number of corporate sponsors and the 50,000 people who attend. courtesy of www.guelphribfest.com
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Each year the money raised from Ribfest is divided between a variety of charities that apply to the club for assistance. The donations always come out of the previous year’s Ribfest so the club knows it can commit to the funding.
Rotary is an international business club that originated in Chicago and now has clubs world-wide, four of them in Guelph. Members are focused on three areas of service: community, international and vocational, as well as on the social aspects that come when business people work together in service.
One of the other Guelph-Trillium community projects, for instance, is called Paint Your Heart Out. Members contribute a Saturday morning to complete outdoor spring-cleaning tasks for those in the community unable to do the work themselves.
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A mere reflection of my present self |
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"I'd kill before I share the recipe for the secret sauce...It's all in the sauce, man!" |
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They come from far and wide to compete!
Ribfest's 11th anniversary brings 10 ribbers including 2 new competitors and a returning two time People's Choice Award winner.
• Billy Bones - Port Colborne, ON • Silver Bullet - Fort Erie, ON • Uncle Sam's - Albuquerque, New Mexico • Bad Wolf Barbecue - Mississauga, ON • Blazin' BBQ - Chatham, ON (2006 & 2007 People's Choice Award) • Turtle Jack's - Waterdown, ON • Tennessee Fatback's - Tennessee • Jack on the Bone, Ohio • Boss Hogs BBQ - St. Thomas, ON • Jack the Ribber - London, ON
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The best seat in the house! |
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Mike chillaxin' |
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How true....especially with the price of gas these days. |
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That's our yellow baby in the middle. |
