Beer Church Turkey Bowl 2010: Good time, good cause

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It’s the kickoff, or perhaps the roll-off, to the heart of the helping-for-the-holidays season in West Seattle: The Beer Church Turkey Bowl, a festive fundraiser/foodraiser for the West Seattle Food Bank, which had its 12th annual edition tonight. Above, organizers Kendall Jones and Kim Sharpe Jones (also of the Washington Beer Blog), West Seattleites whose brainchild has just kept growing over the years, as have the donations. Tonight, they even introduced the Beer Church’s own Pale Ale (release party next Tuesday), made with the help of White Center’s Big Al Brewing. Local bars/breweries traditionally participate in the Turkey Bowl – including West 5 in The Junction, whose proprietor Dave Montoure is pictured below with West Seattle breast-cancer-fighting activist Tracy Dart:

According to Sarah via Twitter, Montoure’s team and Elliott Bay Brewery took the trophies again this year (here’s our coverage of their wins last year; all of this year’s brewery/pub participants were listed on the Beer Church Facebook page.). But the real winners, of course, are the people who rely on the West Seattle Food Bank – Kim just reported via FB that the donations totaled more than a ton!

Even if you weren’t part of tonight’s event, you can help the WS Food Bank with an online donation (go here), and/or by donating turkeys and/or pies for this week’s distributions (details here).

Mike November 21, 2010 (7:58 am)

Awesome! I just wish I’d remember this event before it happens each year. Ohwell, I’ll just need to go donate food and money in person to the food bank.

Great cause, great people, way to go! BEER fans helping feed those that need it most. Love it.

Pete November 21, 2010 (9:31 am)

Thanks to everyone that helped the Beer Church put on another great event. The clients of the West Seattle Food Bank are forever grateful for the generosity displayed by their neighbors. The food bank is also thankful for the assistance in these tough times where we continue to see increasing numbers of folks cominng to our door.

Darren November 21, 2010 (12:49 pm)

Had a lot of fun. It was for a good cause. Can’t wait till next year.

Phinney Business November 21, 2010 (3:53 pm)

Now this is an appropriate way to raise money and collect food for the hungry. Unlike Green Lake where a food eating competition was the bright idea. In the 2 minute competition to eat as much mash potatoes as you could 120 people died from starvation. What’s next a chocolate cake eating competition to raise money for diabetes? Way to go Beer Church.

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