Yesterday, an inaugural event was held at the
breathtaking Hampton Green Farm in Fruitport Michigan called Chef Prize! It might have been a little chilly to start,
but as the day unfolded it did warm up a bit and a great time was had by all
who attended.
The food was exquisite, the setting was perfect and
the cause was one that brought a community together. None of the participating restaurants were
paid to be there. They even provided the
food they sampled.
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| Photo courtesy Shelley Irwin/ Facebook |
Our local hospital, Hackley Hospital has a branch
called Hackley Community Care and they make getting medical care for those who
are uninsured or underinsured possible, and they do it by going directly to the
neighborhoods they serve. This time
around, it’s a teen health center in the Oakridge neighborhood of Muskegon. The
amazing statistics of just how great the need for teen health care was the
focus of the day and being a fund raiser great attention was given to some
facts that most people just don’t know about health care.
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| Photo courtesy Shelley Irwin/Facebook
From our end, we worked to provide some of the
banners, imaging and items that drew attention to the event and we pooled our
resources to help Hackley Community Care and Hampton Green Farm with a small
media tour of radio and television stations in the area to talk about the
event. We also leveraged our social
media reach to help spread the word. It’s a great feeling to know that the
connections you have made over the years can pay off when something as
important as the health of our kids is concerned.
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| Photo courtesy Shelley Irwin/ Facebook |
We were honored to be a part of this great event and
humbled by the opportunity to give back to the community that has so greatly
blessed all of us. On the way out, there
was plenty of talk about Chef Prize 2016 and I have to wonder what the chef’s
will dream up next year for this incredible event.
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