April 20, 2010
For immediate release. Please announce the following not-for-profit event:
River’s End Volunteer Fire Department Cooks
The seventh annual River’s End Volunteer Fire Department BBQ Cook-off fund
raiser will be held May 1 – 2, 2010 at 12070 F.M. 2918. R.E.V.F.D. invites the
public to come down for the food and family fun.
Everyone is invited to join in the full weekend of fun and good food for a good
cause. Open cooking (all day), an auction (1 p.m.) and a dance from 8 p.m. until
midnight (featuring Anthony Smith) will be held Saturday, May 1. The department
will also serve stuffed baked potatoes for a $7.00 donation on Saturday starting
at 11 a.m. until they are gone.
Sunday’s (May 2) activities include the cook-off contest judging and a BBQ plate
lunch (brisket, chicken, sausage, home made potato salad and beans and a drink)
available for $7.00 from noon until 2 p.m., or until the food is gone. To go
plates will be available. There will also be a raffle drawing.
Special activities for children are also planned. Moon walks, donated by R.A.D.
Party Rentals, will be available for children all day, both Saturday and Sunday.
New this year will be a Kid’s Hamburger Patty Cook-off starting at 11 a.m. on
Sunday May 2. Entry fee for the Kid’s Hamburger Patty Contest is $5.00 and
parents/adults must supervise and provide patties and cooking area for the
children.
Cook-off teams can still enter but their entry forms must be received by before
they start cooking. The entry fee
is $25.00 per category entry (categories being brisket, ribs, chicken and beef
fajitas).
For entry forms and more information, visit
www.revfd.com or call Al Roth at (979) 235-0010
or Darrell Powell at (979) 964-4028.