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Council approves $2,000 food-and-beverage grant for Boone County Cancer Society fundraiser
Summary
Joy Kaylor, executive director of the Boone County Cancer Society, asked for sponsorship for the August 9 "Battle of the Barbecue." The council’s food-and-beverage committee moved to provide $2,000 and the council approved the grant by voice vote.
Joy Kaylor, executive director of the Boone County Cancer Society, told the council that the group’s largest annual fundraiser, the Battle of the Barbecue on August 9, keeps its proceeds in Boone County to assist local cancer patients regardless of income. "All the money we raised that day stays in Lebanon, well, in Boone County, and goes back to all of our Boone County patients," Kaylor said.
Kaylor told councilmembers that the event draws large crowds — she relayed that an organizer estimated about 3,000 people in the park during one two-hour period last year — and that the society provides direct assistance such as $1,500 credit cards to patients for gas, prescriptions and other needs. The food-and-beverage committee proposed $2,000 in sponsorship; a committee member moved the appropriation, and another council member seconded. The council voted "aye" and approved the $2,000 grant.
Kaylor asked residents to attend the August 9 event and noted additional fundraising activities, including a raffle for a golf cart with limited ticket sales. The council did not attach conditions to the grant in the meeting record.
