Jacob's Ladder Fundraiser - Game Day BBQ

The Beltline neighborhood needs your help and your appetite.The Liberty Bowl college season is under way, and Jacob's Ladder Community Development Corporation is launching a unique way to support community revitalization in the Beltline (a neighborhood adjacent to the Liberty Bowl Stadium), where they have been promoting better housing, education, and community welfare for the past 4 1/2 years. Each home game week, they are selling pre-paid barbecue packages, including BBQ Ribs, Boston Butt and Fudge Pie. Choose different home games and order as much as you like, and pick it up the day before the game! Take it to tailgating parties, back home in front of your TV, or a friend's house! All profits go directly to support the Beltline redevelopment efforts of Jacob's Ladder. We hope you'll join all of us in this delicious way to support the rehabilitation of our city's struggling communities. Click on the link below to go directly to the web site to order and for more information regarding Jacob's Ladder.

Comments

[Roberto]

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