400 Chili Cook-Off tickets given to military families
November 2, 2016
Ceremony at Military Memorial on Old Navy Base happening Friday
Thanks to the generosity of eight sponsors, Charleston Animal Society will give 400 Chili Cook-off & Oyster Roast tickets to military personnel and their families around the Lowcountry. “The generosity of these sponsors is going to brighten the day of so many military families, we are very excited,” said Chili Cook-off Organizer Elena Lawson.
The background for the event will be the military memorial at North Charleston’s Riverfront Park. The ceremony will run from11:00am – 11:30am. The military memorial is a beautiful setting on the Cooper River, right on the old Navy Base.
The sponsors who made these tickets possible for the military are:
- Bank of America
- Nucor Steel
- Blackbaud
- Berlins Kitchen Supply
- Duvall Event
- PostNet of Mt. Pleasant
- Eco-Products – Food Waste Services
- Charleston Animal Society Board Members Laurel & Hank Greer
Joint Base Charleston, Palmetto Warrior Connection and the Palmetto Military Support Group will distribute the tickets (valued at $10,000). Media is invited to cover this uplifting event at Riverfront Park (1001 Everglades Avenue, North Charleston, 29405.)
The 2016 Chili Cook-off & Oyster Roast is scheduled for November 19th at Riverfront Park in North Charleston (1pm – 5pm) and has more than 100 teams participating. It will include all of the chili and oysters you can eat, pet adoptions, live entertainment, a kid’s zone, cornhole, bubble soccer and other games. All money raised goes to Toby’s Fund, which is Charleston Animal Society’s Medical Fund, that spends more than $500,000 every year saving animals hit by cars, or suffering from heartworm and other medical conditions.
