Dallas, Texas – BBQ for Our Heroes
We were honored to partner with the Assist the Officer Foundation - Dallas to provide 2,000 meals for their “BBQ for our Heroes” fundraiser held in Dallas, Texas on September 19, 2024. The event raised money for the family of Officer Darron Burks, who was killed in...
Houma, Louisiana (Hurricane) / 26,625 Meals Over 9 Days
Hurricane Francine made landfall on Louisiana’s southern coast on September 11, 2024, as a Category 2, leaving widespread power outages and flooding in its wake. We were on the ground in Houma, La. within 48 hours serving the “One Hot Meal That Matters” to those in...
Houston, Texas – Tunnel to Towers Foundation
The Operation BBQ Relief team, led by our Senior Director of Logistics & Inventory Chris Huggins, was proud to provide 150 hot barbecue meals to the veteran residents of the Tunnel to Towers Foundation’s Veterans Village in Houston, Texas on Aug. 31, 2024. We also...
Mike “Jet Blue” Schwirian
Mike “Jet Blue” Schwirian, the 2023 Operation BBQ Relief Innovation Award recipient, has been an integral part of our volunteer family for seven years. He volunteers hundreds of hours each year and goes above and beyond in service to our mission. “I have a competition...
Ridgefield, Washington – Ilani BBQ Fest BBQ Academy
The Operation BBQ Relief team had an amazing time in Ridgefield, Washington on August 24-25, 2024 at the Ilani BBQ Fest! Our CEO and Co-Founder Stan Hays and the legendary Matt Groark of Groark Boys BBQ led a BBQ Academy for military service members, veterans, first...
E3 Foundation Retreat
We were honored to host a group of 13 military veterans from the E3 Ranch Foundation for a 5-day retreat at Camp OBR held Aug. 13-17, 2024. They experienced culinary therapy led by our CEO and Co-Founder Stan Hays and Camp OBR Program Manager Brett Atkinson in our...