For those of you who don't know, AZBarbeque is the BBQ Club here in Arizona.  We originally started out as a Tailgate Club for ASU (Arizona State University) and grew into what we are today.  We run the BBQ Circuit out here in Arizona and have some incredibly fun and tasty events throughout the year.

We also help out a number of charities and causes each year.  For our Annual Holiday Party in December, we typically find a Family with ties to our BBQ community that is struggling and do up a Secret Santa for them.  It has always been a HUGE Success.

This year, we had a very sad & tragic year for a member of our BBQ Family here in Arizona.  Bernie, one of our great BBQ Judges here in Arizona and an incredible human being, lost his Grandson, Daughter & Son in 3 separate incidents.  It started out with them losing their Grandson, then his mother (Bernie's Daughter) died and when the Uncle (Bernie's Son) was back here for her funeral, he died of natual causes (at 40 years old).  Well, Bernie's Daughter had 2 additional children in addition to the son she lost.  She has 2 daughters aged 8 & 11.  This has been an incredibly rough year for them, all they know is grief & loss. 

So, as a group, we decided that we would make them our BBQ Family for this holiday season.  We used the Bubba Keg contest as our springboard to kick it off as if we win, we plan on auctioning off the tickets and using 100% of the proceeds to help start up a college fun for these two little girls. 

We also have a raffle of donated items from our Club Sponsors at our Holiday Party.  We plan on using the money raised from that Raffle to also go toward this College fund.  Our Bubba Keg will be included in that Raffle as well.  It is our goal to raise $10,000 so that we can help start up a $5000 college fund for each girl.

We are excited and moved that we will be able to help put a smile on their faces and to help out our good Friend Bernie, His wife Millie and these two little girls. 

We will post pictures of the Holiday party so you all can share in the spirit of the season.

Thanks to everyone who helped us out and voted for us and thanks to Bubba Keg for giving us this opportunity.  Thanks to all the other Bubba Keg Competitors, we had a great time competing with you and seeing all the great tailgates & pictures and we sincerely hope to meet all of you and tailgate with you in the near future. 

Here's to you and your family Bernie...