Willy B’s Comunity Involvement
50th annual WHAS Crusade
Willy B's lends a hand with the 50th annual WHAS Crusade for Children to provide food for the 4000 volunteers who make this event feasible. The following are pictures from the 50th annual WHAS Crusade for Children fundraising event.
Volunteers prepare chicken on one of the 27 commercial-sized grills donated for the event.
Pork loins and ribs were just some of the items being prepared for the less fortunate in the community.
Shown here are just a ½ dozen of the more than 200 volunteers it took to make the event such a success.
Crusade Cookout Coordinator Bill Bayersdorfer (center) greets two of the prominent business leaders who graciously volunteered their time.
Volunteers line up to participate in the Crusade for Children Grill-out to Feed the Children.
Smoke is definitely in the air as volunteers cook all day long for the Grill-out.
Mayor Armstrong and Liz Reiter are happy with their grilling efforts.
Brown and Williamson's CFO Jeff Eckmann concentrates on turning all that chicken on his grill.
Brown and Williamson's CFO Jeff Eckmann concentrates on turning all that chicken on his grill.
Mmmmm, those ribs smell great!
Kentucky Harvest
Kentucky Harvest works – with the help of Willy B and his friends. Willy B annually hosts The Great Kentucky Harvest Grill Out. The photos below depict the scope of the 8th Anniversary of the event that brings together political, media and business personalities to cook tons of meat. The meat is then delivered to local shelters, soup kitchens and other organizations that support the less fortunate members of the community.
Stan Curtis, founder of Kentucky Harvest, surveys some of the food that has arrived for distribution.
TV Meteorologist Tom Wills, who has participated in all eight Grill Outs, assists a local businessman in the meat smoking process.
Stan Curtis thanks Logan Peters, 12, for volunteering as he is being interviewed by local broadcaster Reed Yadon.
Volunteers unload a semi trailer that has brought more than four tons of donated meat to be cooked.
Salvation Army truck leaves Willy B’s loaded with food for lunch and dinner.
Mayor Jerry Abramson joins other key leaders in loading donated soft drinks.
Tom Wills mans one of the grills at the Grill Out.
The Great Kentucky Harvest Grill Out draws over 6o volunteers.
Ernest “Chew Choo” McKessick (right) and his associates share a moment of levity.
Just a sampling of the smoked chicken that has been prepared.
Bill Kamman from Pop’s Pepper Patch works as a grill captain.
Another truckload of food is loaded for delivery.
Louie Karem (top) owner of Karem Meats, showcases his grill captain skills on one of the 12 grills used during the Grill Out.
Local TV anchors Dawn Gee and John Boel help load food.
Volunteers discuss grilling strategies.
Willy B (center) helps volunteers keep up their momentum.
TV anchor Rick Van Hoose (left) interviews Willy B and Carol Tools.
A representative from one of the local missions thanks a volunteer for helping.
Volunteers wrap cooked food that is being organized for delivery.
Willy B’s professional peers gather for a group photo.
Just a sampling of the food prepared during the course of the day.
Grill captains celebrate the end of a long, but rewarding, day.
Both food and beverages were abundant at the Grill Out.
Despite overseeing The Great Kentucky Harvest Grill Out in its entirety, Willy B still has time to pull food off the grill.