BBQ Brethren Cooking for 1000 Troops *We need your help!!**

$3100! Woot! Keep em coming! The more we raise, the better they eat!

I sent this to my department about 30 minutes ago and saw a good bit of donations already. I'll keep on em!
 
Fantastic job, gang!

Don't stop! I'm sure that any money raised that isn't used for this cook will be used for the next one!
 
Phil, what goes around, comes around. I was certainly glad to donate. I don't think most of the folks here know how often you, Eric and your crew put on BBQ meals for Vets and other charities, such as the Ronald McDonald house.

And I know how hard it is to decide to ask for funding support, it feels like begging. I'm actually saving up to fund our troop feed this year without having to ask for money. But, it sure feels good to get that support, and seeing some of the guys who regularly have supported me for three years, kicking in, was great.

Proud to be a Brethren
 
I too was unaware that ad block was hurting, so I disabled it and donated also! I hope everyone involved has a blast and thank you so much for helping out our veterans! :clap2:
 
BBQchef33 said:
Folks,

It has been a long time since I've posted a "Call to Arms" as we used to name it, but now its necessary. We are asking for some help to feed our Sailors and Marines and give them a well-deserved BBQ Gala during Fleet week 2016 in NYC.

As many already know, The BBQ Brethren often do what we do best to support our troops. We cook. Last year, the NY/LI contingent cooked for 150 marines at a fallen Marines Memorial; we are in our 5th year cooking for 800 at the Northport Veterans Hospital; and we supply veterans families thanksgiving dinners over the holidays. But this May, we are in for the biggest one ever.

This May25, we have been honored with a request to cook for 1000 active duty Sailors and Marines and some WW II Vets. Of Course, we humbly accepted this unbelievable honor.

The BBQ Brethren members and volunteers are feeding 1000 sailors as they arrive in NYC for fleet week. We will be right there, front and center for the parade of ships as they enter NY harbor. We will be stationed at The Brooklyn Cruise Terminal Pier to greet the sailors from 3 of the naval ships as they disembark.

The original request was too cook for all the sailors arriving on 2 USN Destroyers(approximately 650 Sailors). We have learned recently that an additional ship, a US Coast Guard Cutter will be joining us, adding approximately another 300 troops.

This is a private event, not open to the public. Upon arrival, at the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal, our sailors will be greeted with Live Music, The USO, A Color Guard, FDNY Flag displays, and The BBQ Brethren members, setup for a full service Southern Style BBQ. Its going to be a gala event for our troops.

Our team has worked tirelessly to get sponsorship, and have gotten help from large sponsors such as Pepsi cola, Mcormick, Uline, Sugar in the Raw and Sailor Jerry to name a few. Additionally, Paul Shirley of Shirley Fabrications is personally delivering a pit he is donating to us specifically for this event and future Military events. He is also bringing several Brethren members with him from Alabama with their pits. We have pitmasters coming in from NY, NY, IL, AL and GA and volunteers from all over the NY/NJ/LI area. The Brethren will REPRESENT!!

However, at this point we have no source for the proteins and have estimated costs to be well over $3000. We are hoping to do chickens, ribs, tri tips, pork loins, sausage, etc... and a bunch of sides and desserts. This is where you all come in.

So we are 5 weeks out, our numbers have now increased >30% and with that came additional unplanned expenditures. In the past we(BBQ-Brethren) were always able to fund these events with our ad revenue, so this is uncomfortable for me to ask, but between the loss of traffic to facebook and the use of ad blockers on our site, our monthly ad revenue has decreased substantially. This is the main revenue stream we have used to fund these events, and the decrease will not allow us to fund it completely. BBQ Brethren org is currently donating at least $1000-1500 to the event but with the 30-40% increase in the size of the event, we are looking to our BBQ Family to help out, so we have setup a GOFUNDME to help offset some costs.

We are also welcoming any product donations.. sauces, rubs, supplies etc that anyone may be willing to send and of course signage will display our supporters.

The Fleet week team appreciates any and all donations that we get.. We WILL make this event a success and every $$ will go towards making it a memorable experience for our troops.

Thanks for you help folks.. I know BBQ Brethren has always come thru from us in the past and we will this time too.

Here you can see where we are listed on their events page..
http://www.fleetweeknewyork.com/fleetweeknewyork/events.html

This is the facebook page, we are listed there too.
https://www.facebook.com/FleetWeekNewYork/?fref=ts

General info about us and the event
www.fleetweekbbq.com




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Hey Phil, this is all right across the bridge from me, I would love to come help out, and all my pits/grills/equipment. Just let me know so I can plan accordingly.
 
The guests!

The USS Bainbridge - DDG-96
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The USS Farragut - DDG-99
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The USCGC Forward - WMEC-911
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Melissaredhead said:
I'm not surprised at all.
BBQ people are the best.
Are more volunteers needed?
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There seems to be a great synergy for this event (which didn't even exist a few months ago).

Jennifer (who Phil mentioned in another post) is doing an amazing job of logistics. She is very involved in veteran/military volunteerism and if we are taking care of the BBQ, she's taking care of everything else... and she is kicking ass.

Add to that the fact that we normally have about 30 volunteers or so for our annual cook at the NY VA Facility and have almost 80 for this event and things are moving along to make this a fantastic event.

We have LOTS of volunteers. That manpower is going to ensure that we not only have the best possible BBQ and sides for the guests, but that creation, presentation and service goes as smoothly as possible.


Eric
 
toymaster said:
Just donated - 3,742

Semper Fi
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We are approaching 4K and already looking into the 'what else' can we do.. but the additional funds will definitely help us make things better. We have already added to the menu.. Sausage, kielbasa, etc.. Being new to this crowd funding thing.. as we have exceeded expectations? Im not sure what to do.. do I increase the stated goal or just leave it alone at 3K. ??? Whatever funds we get will definitely be used.
 
motoeric said:
There seems to be a great synergy for this event (which didn't even exist a few months ago).

Jennifer (who Phil mentioned in another post) is doing an amazing job of logistics. She is very involved in veteran/military volunteerism and if we are taking care of the BBQ, she's taking care of everything else... and she is kicking ass.

Add to that the fact that we normally have about 30 volunteers or so for our annual cook at the NY VA Facility and have almost 80 for this event and things are moving along to make this a fantastic event.

We have LOTS of volunteers. That manpower is going to ensure that we not only have the best possible BBQ and sides for the guests, but that creation, presentation and service goes as smoothly as possible.


Eric
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Sounds good. I just wanted to know if there is any other way I could help since I'm a local.
Fantastic job done by all and I can't wait to see the pictures.
Please take lots of pictures.
And seriously if there's anything I can do to help let me know.
 
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