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Super Heroes Raise Funds and
Fun for Children in Need
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1) A few of the donated items for the raffle. 2) Buffalo Bill poses with winners from the youth chess tournament. 3) The promotional
banner was generously sponsored by Miller Lite. 4) Guests of all ages participated in the event’s chess tournament.
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fundraiser of super proportions was hosted at Scarlet &
Gray Enterprises’ Charleston, West Virginia, location Feb. 28,
2015. John Beebe, the general manager of the location and coordinator of many fundraisers, rallied forces together to produce
an epic event for a great cause.
The fundraiser benefited the Children’s Home Society of
West Virginia, a nonprofit child welfare organization. This was
the second time this Buffalo Wild Wings® location has worked
with the organization, whose mission is to help children grow
up in safe and loving environments. Andrea Morris, a volunteer
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and community support specialist of the Children’s Home
Society, helped facilitate the fundraiser alongside Beebe. The
event’s activities included a super hero party, a chess tournament, a Call of Duty tournament and a raffle.
Several volunteers attended the event dressed as super
heroes. The heroes included one of the Charleston Ghostbusters, X-Men’s Mystique and Spider Man. Staff also enjoyed
dressing up and the Buffalo Wild Wings® mascot, Buffalo Bill,
made an appearance. Guests were also encouraged to dress-up
and participate in the costume party, which crowned the best
dressed super hero, super villain and dynamic duo.
In the party room, a chess tournament featured players as
young as 8 years old and those well into their 60s. The tournament was conducted by the local chess club and included
judges, timers and trophies for the younger divisions.
The other half of the party room was filled by the Call of
Duty Tournament. Game Stop led the tournament with an
arsenal of Xbox gaming systems hooked up to the room’s many
televisions. Half of the tournament’s entry fees that day were
given as a prize to the winning competitor.
The raffle included items such as a Keystone Light tool
chest, Budweiser lawn chairs from Proud Eagle and a stainless steel beer cooler from Miller Lite.“I talked to my beer reps
and asked for prizes to be raffled off, which brought in a lot
of money,” said Beebe. On top of the proceeds from the raffle,
15 percent of store sales from noon to 4 p.m.—not including
alcohol sales and taxes—and half of each tournament’s entry
fees went to the organization. Altogether, the event raised more
than $1,300.
“I named it the Super Hero Fundraiser for many reasons,”
began Beebe.“First being, both adults and kids like super
heroes. Secondly, all the movies that were coming out around
that time were about them. Third, we were the super heroes for
the day for the kids we helped.”
Despite the lack of super strength or the ability to fly,
everyone can agree that the fundraiser’s participants are indeed
heroes. S