KCBS Foundation Awards $6,000 in Scholarships to Future Generations of the BBQ Community
July 29, 2021
The Kansas City Barbeque Society Foundation has been supporting the barbeque community’s future generations as they pursue post-high school education since 2015. We are pleased to announce that since 2015 the Kansas City Barbeque Society Foundation has awarded 228 individual scholarships totaling $152,000. We were able to award 10 scholarships in 2021; totaling $6,000. This is remarkable, particularly given how difficult the global pandemic made fundraising efforts. The awards also included two named scholarships established by family members of beloved former KCBS members Craig Layman and George Stone to honor each of their legacies.
Several KCBS members hosted a variety of Facebook fundraisers to celebrate birthdays and other special occasions to help support the KCBS Foundation. In addition, the Ozark BBQ Alliance partnered with Arrowhead South and KCBS to fundraise for the KCBS Foundation in conjunction with their “Run it Back” tailgate featuring authentic Kansas City style barbeque at Kansas City Chiefs away games this year; including at the Super Bowl. The generosity of our members during the KCBS World Invitational and Team of the Year Banquet also raised funds through a fun 50/50 raffle! We look forward to additional fundraising efforts at the 2021 KCBS World Invitational.
“We are so proud of all of the students who applied for the Kansas City Barbeque Society Foundation scholarships,” stated Emily Detwiler, CEO of KCBS. “The recipients of these scholarships not only demonstrate academic achievement, but also have a great sense of volunteering and giving back to their communities. Many of them came up through the barbeque family; competing in Kids ‘Que and learning to compete and judge barbeque with their parents! I’d like to thank Nancy Goldsmith, Chairwoman of the KCBS Foundation Committee, and all of the committee members for their time and dedication to reviewing and supporting the applicants and recipients. We also thank all of our extended barbeque family and community who supports the KCBS Foundation and our students through their generous donations!”
The Kansas City Barbeque Society Foundation is a 501(c)3 organization that accepts tax-deductible donations to create scholarships for members’ children as well as educational and outreach activities supported by KCBS. We encourage you to go to the KCBS website to learn more about the Foundation and ways that you can contribute, on a one-time basis, annually, or by including a gift to the Foundation in your estate planning. If you’d like more details, please visit the website at https://www.kcbs.us/supporting_the_kcbs_foundation.php or reach out to the Chair of the Foundation at ngoldsmith@kcbs.us.