Beer Church Turkey Bowl 2013: Mission, Elliott Bay take trophies

Lots of winners in the 15th annual Beer Church Turkey Bowl, one of our area’s most boisterous benefits, Saturday night at West Seattle Bowl. We got there just in time to hear Beer Church director Kendall Jones announce that the Mission team (above, with Kendall at left) won the bowling part of the night, and that the “Battle of the Brewers” trophy would go to Elliott Bay Brewing Co. (team below with Kendall and, at left, Kim Sharpe Jones):

Also winners: The clients of the West Seattle Food Bank, the beneficiary of Turkey Bowl proceeds – as well as cash and food donations, which this WSFB team was on hand to handle:

The night’s festivities also included raffle items donated by local businesses and breweries (see the list on the Turkey Bowl page). As Kendall is quoted on the Beer Church home page as saying, “We encourage beer lovers everywhere to get involved in their communities and work to make the world a better place. Donate, volunteer, participate.” (P.S. He also runs the Washington Beer Blog, where you can tap into beer news from all over the state.)

10:42 AM UPDATE: New info from Kim, in comments – more than $4,400 raised for the WS Food Bank, in addition to the donated food itself.

6 Replies to "Beer Church Turkey Bowl 2013: Mission, Elliott Bay take trophies"

  • Mike November 24, 2013 (8:46 am)

    Nice! One year I won’t be busy and will get to go watch or take part in this event. Great cause with some great people that love beer and want to help the community.
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    Kendall’s Washington Beer Blog site is fantastic. I love reading it and usually learn about new beer related events or brews.

  • Kim Sharpe Jones November 24, 2013 (10:04 am)

    Thanks for the coverage, West Seattle Blog. We had another great event last night. Still waiting on food totals from the West Seattle Food Bank. Our total cash donations are $4,479!
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    Thanks to all who came out and bowled, donated and bought raffle tickets!

    • WSB November 24, 2013 (10:42 am)

      Thanks for the update, Kim, and congratulations! – TR

  • star 55 November 24, 2013 (10:37 am)

    Another great event where everyone wins. Great way to support our local community!

  • Judi Yazzolino November 25, 2013 (11:12 am)

    Thanks Kendall & Kim for another fabulous event and so much fun! $4479, WOW! That’s incredible. And we just weighed the food – 2300 lbs. Thank you so very much.

  • Kendall November 25, 2013 (3:57 pm)

    NEW UPDATE from Beer Church: We can now report the grand totals from Turkey Bowl. We collected 2,300 pounds of food and raised $5,500

    Thank you everyone for helping make this one of our most successful events!

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