Carolina Children's Home BBQ Cook Off

Kids, Pigs, and a Whole Lot of Fun!

COLUMBIA, SC – April 17, 2009 – Whoo-ee-pig-sewie!  Calling all BBQ lovers!  It’s our 22nd year and “We hear rumbling!”  Join Carolina Children’s Home for their 22nd Annual BBQ Cook-Off Festival at the SC State Fairgrounds, Gate 11 on May 15th & 16th, 2009. 

A longtime tradition, Friday’s Night “Save the Pigs” party is our anything but pork event! For $10 a ticket, enjoy music by the Sensational Epics and taste-test over 40 Southern specialties prepared by cooking teams from across the southeast. Food is served from 7-10 p.m. and beverages are available for purchase.

On Saturday, join the Home from 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. as our judges decide on this year’s BBQ champions. BBQ plates are $10 at the door and kids 11 and under eat for $5. We’ll also be announcing the winners of the South Carolina Visitor’s Center Bake-Off., with amateur, child, and professional categories.  Desserts will sell for just $1! Enjoy live music and performances, shop from local vendors, and eat all the BBQ and dessert you can handle, all to benefit the children at Carolina Children’s Home.

In operation since 1909, Carolina Children’s Home is one of the largest and most comprehensive residential treatment facilities in South Carolina for abused, abandoned and neglected children.  A private non-profit, the Home offers five levels of care including counseling and therapeutic services that are centered on the needs of its resident children.  In the last three years the Home has served more than 800 children from throughout South Carolina who were the tragic victims of abuse and neglect and provided them with a safe, nurturing place in which to live and grow.

To purchase advance tickets for either event please call Carolina Children’s Home at 803-782-1421 or visit our website at www.carolinachildrenshome.org.