Together for Tipper Fundraiser
 

Hey guys, this is a benefit fundraiser for one of my brother's close friends. He hit his head while in basic training for the National Guard and is now pretty much paralyzed from the chest down. I know alot of people on here like to cook so maybe we could get a SaltyCajun cookoff team together and maybe even collect some money to donate or some prizes to auction off or raffle.

The event will be held December 12 at the Shrimp Festival Grounds in Delcambre. Live bands, cookoff, auction, refreshments. If you have anything you or anyone you know would like to give to the cause, please contact me @ rlandry@al-llc.com or you can contact my mom at alandry@mandllaw.com. Accepting soft drinks, beer, paper products, hamburgers, hot dogs, buns, nachos, hot chocolate, items to auction or raffle, $$$ ..... I will follow up with more details as I receive them.

If you would like to volunteer to help for the event, the next organizational meeting will be on Monday, October 19, 2009 at 6:30 p.m. at the Delcambre Shrimp Festival Building.

For those of you who do not know Tipper, he is the son of Marcelle Migues Alexander (originally from Erath) and Chris Esponge and a 2009 graduate of Delcambre High School. Tipper sustained a spinal cord injury on August 25 while at basic training with the National Guards in Fort Benning, Georgia. He is currently undergoing rehabilitation at The Shepherd Center in Atlanta, Georgia.

cook off
 

What are they cooking in the cook off? I may be interested .

I don't think they decided that yet. They were going to do gumbo but we have a gumbo cookoff/Christmas boat parade at the same place the weekend before that. I'm trying to convince them to do a chili cookoff.

chilli
 

Chilli sounds good , i have a recipe thats won a few comps that i will share w/ the team even if i don't make it.

We will also have camping spots for the cookoff - I think $35. The camper has to be brought in Friday evening. Campers who are cooking will park on the festival grounds first. Non-cooking campers will have to park where the bands play for the festival if the festival grounds fill up.

Everyone,

This is an update on the “Together for Tipper” organizational meeting conducted on Monday evening (10-5-09). The next organizational meeting will take place at 6:30pm on Monday, October 19th in Delcambre at the Shrimp Festival building. Please try to attend.

Here are the issues discussed:
1) An account will be set up with the name “Together for Tipper”. This account will be utilized to accept “gifts” to Tipper. This will be the working account for the “Together for Tipper” fundraiser. Two signatures will be required to write any checks for expenses. Connie Landry, Michael Juan Nunez and Greg Touchet have volunteered to be the signatories on this account. The plan is to set up the account at Gulf Coast Bank. All of the profits from this event will be “gifted” to Tipper. Most likely into a “trust” set up with the express purpose of assisting with his future medical, travel and living needs.
2) Ellen Falgout reported that Lenny with Action Speciality has graciously volunteered to “gift” their services (and the shirts) to make T-shirts for this event. Many thanks to Action Speciality for this generous gift.
3) The “Together for Tipper” fundraiser will be held on Saturday, December 12th, 2009 at the Delcambre Shrimp Festival property in Delcambre from 8am to 10pm.
4) The event will consist of entertainment (music & bands), an auction (live and silent), a poker run, a cook-off on the carnival grounds (the event will allow campers and cooking trailers). Campers will be required to set up on the Friday afternoon/evening.
5) The cookoff will be a “Cajun cookoff” with 3 or 4 categories. The categories will be presented at the next meeting.
6) There will be sales of refreshments (hot dogs, hamburgers, nachos, sweets, hot chocolate, pop and water) There will also be a beer tent for beer sales. We are taking “gifts” for “EVERYTHING”. We want to encourage the cook off participants to cook as much as they can and sell their food to raise funds. We will take “gifts” of beverages (beer, pop & water) from any group, person or company that wants to contribute. These “gifts” will NOT be tax deductable by the giver. However, the giver may be able to write the value of the “gift” off as an advertisement expense. Be certain to keep track of any gift and the name/address of the giver.
7) We are also taking “gifts” for the auctions (silent and live). The more valuable items will be placed into the live auction. The auction will be held near the end of the event – probably just before the final band.
8) We will sell tickets for beer and refreshments. Tickets will be $1 a piece. The pricing of items will be decided at the next meeting.
9) A “Together for Tipper” website was discussed. There is a possibility that this website can be established and linked directly to the “Together for Tipper” bank account (maybe via PayPal) to allow “gifts” to be made that way. Content will be required for this website. This is being investigated.
10) The gate entry fee will be $5 and bracelets will be used for entry. There will be an age limit for the entry fee (age limit will be decided at the next meeting).
11) The entertainment line-up and times will be decided at the next meeting. Five bands have committed to perform.
12) Tracy Menard has already started to “get the word out” by putting the “Together For Tipper” date on the 5th Avenue website: http://www.the5thavenueband.com/schedule.html

Since the meeting last Monday – emails have been flying around. Keep up the effort and continue with the ideas. We will have a lot of decisions to finalize at the next meeting. We have a large number of volunteers working to pull this event together (too many to mention). “WE” can pull this off. “Together”, we will make this a successful event and make a difference in Tipper’s life.

As always, if you know of someone that would be interested in participating please feel free to forward this email to them and/or get their email address to me so I can add them to the list. Remember that the next organizational meeting will be in Delcambre at the Shrimp Festival building on Monday, Oct 19th at 6:30pm. All are welcome to attend.

Billystix custom rods will be happy to help
 

Hi guy
you can count on billystix custom rods.
I will build you a custom spiral for the auction, this should bring in a few bucks just be sure to let me know when you need the rod to be delivered and to whom i need to send it to. Also please be sure to keep me posted so that i dont forget because i get busy and i am likely to forget.
Stix

AWESOME! If you want, you can ship the rod to me when you ship my camo one to save on shipping charges and I'll get it there. The event is on 12/12/09 so as long as I have it before then, it's all good!

What say the Jury
 

I think we could get a pretty dang good team together to cook in this comp. Anyone want to enter as Salty Cajun .com crew?

I am DEFINATELY down for that! Maybe W could see about getting us some saltycajun shirts made for it.

cooking
 

LL,
Sent pm w/ info.

If you get t shirts with salTY cajun on the t shirt would you consider leting me put billystix on there as well, i would help out $$$ if need be like maybe have it on the left shoulder??
Let me know.
Stix

you make a shirt with SC and Billystix on it...I got to have it!!!!

If we get shirts I will make sure the billystix logo is on them. Sulphite, why don't you cook with us? The more the merrier!

If we get shirts I will make sure the billystix logo is on them. Sulphite, why don't you cook with us? The more the merrier!

Come on guys, we need to get us a team together for this cookoff. Billy has already said he will contribute if needed and wants to be a part of this. Eman and I are the only ones that seem to wanna do this, we need some more people for a cooking team though.

Ok, here is something I threw together for a shirt idea for this cook-off fundraiser if anybody is interested.

Guys, this would be a great way to help out a kid who has become paralyzed while trying to serve our country and also a great way to get SaltyCajun.com out there and get more people to the site.

Looks good dude
stix

I'm down to be on a team...

Let me kow if he needs the a frame triangle that goes onto his bed for when he gets home...My son was recently paralyzed and only by the Grace of God, he walks,, we have a few things to offer if he needs them, pm me and let me know,,, the A frame is brand new and i will give it to him no charge

The fundraiser is on 12/12/09, let me know if you can make it down. You can bring your camper if you have one and either set it up at the cook-off or at the campground on the lake about 5 minutes away.

Man that is very nice of you. I'll email him to see if they need that and let him know what you said. I'll PM you with his reply, thanks alot.

Yeah finals end the week before ill be back down there for christmas break....i dont have a camper but i live 15 minutes from delcambre....i can probably even get the meat for our team if its a chili cook-off as long as we put up a sign saying whose meat it is we used (my parents own a cattle farm)

Sounds great to me! I would also like to get a SaltyCajun banner or sign for us to also put on our tent. I have a few tents I can put up for us to get under.

Ok, I have an update on this event. Please remember that this is a benefit for an 18 year old young man that was paralyzed from the chest down while in basic training serving this great country we live in.

Teams will be allowed to enter in the following 5 categories:

Pork, Beef, Chicken, Seafood and Anything Goes

You will be allowed to enter as many dishes as you like but a dish can only be entered into one category.

The costs per team will be $50 to enter 1 category, $80 to enter 2 categories and $100 to enter 3 or more categories

I am trying to get a SaltyCajun team together to cook for this event, please let me know ASAP if you would like to participate.

Also, please be aware that we are accepting any kind of donations, "gifts" to raffle or auction and anyone who would like to volunteer their time will not be turned down.

rods for the cajun team
 

long sider
let me help you out if you get a 5 man team those 5 men will be given a chance to have a custom billystix built by me for cost this will run approx $125 ea for a rod that sell s for $225 but he has to be a part of the team.
also let me know about the t shirts how are you doing on the t shirts do you need help.
stix

I'm down to be on a team...who's coming with me?

Billy, that would be great!! Thanks for the support, it doesn't look like too many people are interested in the cook off other than myself, meaux fishing and eman.

Sorry about that Shad, I didn't even think about it. Would you mind if we put the banner up on our tent?

Another idea for the back of the shirts

id love to be on a team. if i dont have a final then i will try to make it. ill be headed back from BR to kinder cuz its my birthday on sunday, so i will stop by keep me updated

Ok, sounds good man.

No problem at all. I'd be proud to have it at an event such as this one. Let me know if there is anything I can help with on this event, and take some pictures of the banner and the event in general.

I'll be sure to take alot of pics, I'll get my wife to walk around taking pictures and I'll get a good group shot of all the SC guys that show up.

I can mail one of yall the banner

You can mail it to me since I know for sure that I'll be there. I'll PM you my address. I won't need it until December though.

T- Shirts
 

W,
How much notice do we need to give on the t shirts and i know they allready have the SC logo on file is there an extra charge for adding Billy styx logo.
What about any of our other site sponsors? If we can get them on board maybe we can get enough sponsorship to pay for the shirts?
I don't mind paying for mine but it's a thought?
Just want to be sure not to cut it to close on the time frame for shirts.

I just got back from our latest meeting and these are some updates for the event:

Entry Fee: $5 per person, children 5 and under are free

Desert judged at 10 AM (can be made at home), Food judged at 1 PM (see below for "rules"), Silent Auction ends at around 5:30 PM, Live Auction begins at around 6 PM, Close at 10 PM.

Events:
Poker Run - $TBD - leave at 9 AM, back for around noon, will go from Delcambre to Bayou Vista and back on Hwy 182
Car Show - $30 to enter, time & details TBD
5K Run - $30 to enter, start after Poker Run leaves
Prize/Cake Bingo - $5 to enter, time TBD
Games for Kids - $1 per game
Facepainting - $5

Cookoff:
Setup starts at 7 AM, Judging at 1 PM
The 5 categories will be Chicken, Pork, Beef, Seafood and Anything Goes
Each team must supply everything needed, nothing will be provided
You will be allowed to bring things precooked, marinated, premade, etc.
Team must cook a minimum of 10 lbs of meat for each dish they enter into the competition.
4 oz. bowls are reccommended for "tasting" at your booth
$50 to enter in 1 category
$80 to enter in 2 categories
$100 to enter in 3 or more categories
Team entry fee includes 4 entry bracelets for team members
Tents and cooking trailers are allowed on the site but no vehicles will be allowed on the grounds after 8 AM Saturday morning.
Campers must be parked on the grounds Friday evening and can't be removed until Sunday morning. Spots will be $30 per site for the weekend. Power and water will not be available at the spots, you must bring your own.

Items to be auctioned so far:
BillyStix Custom Fishing Rod
Offshore Fishing Trip for 4
Goose Hunt for 2
Season tickets to the Lafayette Wildcatters (semi-pro football team)
Yeti Cooler (70 quart)
Yeti Cooler full of cut and packed meat
Saints/Hornets/LSU autographed memoribilia
Stainless Steel Gas Fryer
Yankee Tickets + flight for 2 to a game next season
IceGator "On Ice" Seats for 4

I just got off the phone with eman, we decided that we will enter 3 or more categories so it will be $100 or $25 per person if we can get 4 people to get on the team with us. Yack'em and Meaux, are ya'll still in?

We need to get the ball rolling on this so if somebody wants to get on a team let me know. We don't have to make just one team, we can do 2 teams or more if needed.

This will be a very fun day and we will definately get the SaltyCajun and also the BillyStix names out there.

Tipper Fund raiser
 

All Right ,
I been waiting for some of the west side boys to step up!
I know it's duck season and i know it's deer season and i know most of us have familys. But this is a great cause for the site and everyone here on it to get behind.
Besides, Wouldn't you want folks to step up for you if you or one of your family was in this position???
COME ON GUYS, All we are asking is one day of your time. (and a lil $$$ for the cause).
If you can't cook ( or don't want to ), fine . come out w/ your family and support the cause , the site and the salty cajun cooking crew.
we need at least 4 if not 5 on the cooking crew. Right now i am only sure of 2.
we have plenty of pork and deer meat but if someone can get us some beef and/or seafood donated It would be appreciated and not knock such a deep hole in our wallets.
So far the only thing we are sure of is the pork dish we are doing.
with such a short time frame to cook , we will probably precook all the beef and pork and???. Seafood and( any other) can probably be cooked on site.
In the infamous words of Gov. Long: CAN YA HEP ME???:help:

Thanks eman, I posted out of despair a couple of times and felt like I was :beathorse: since I wouldn't get any responses. Hopefully we can get some of these guys to step up and either join the team or at least maybe help out with donations. Remember, any kind of donations will be accepted, nothing will be turned down. If you somebody that can get a good deal on something we may need either for the cooking team or for the fundraiser itself please let me know, it doesn't matter if it's a case of bottled water or some plates to serve the food in.

Hey dude
i feel your pain man, if i lived in cajun country i would help you out but it's a long drive for sure.i would have thought that after i donated a custom rod it would kinda spur folks into doing something to help out, we never know when we ourselves might need help and if you look around you and see that no one is stepping up to the plate then what if were your son or daughter or for god's sake yourself.
I hope it never comes to that but you never know, all i am trying to say is dont let yourself get cut short, if i could do more i would in a heart beat.
Stix

Thanks Billy, I thought that with your offer a bunch of people would for sure step up to the plate. I really appreciate everything you're doing as does everyone that's involved with the fundraiser.

im still down....

Hmmmm
 

Thanks meaux , WE need 1 or 2 more for the cooking team.
C'mon guys , :help::help::help: out.

Man, if I were a couple hours closer, I'd help out. I'll drop $200 SaltyCajun cash into everyone's account that works the cooking team. ;)

Thanks for the support Shad! I'm working on a website for the fundraiser, I'll post a link when I'm done. I'm still waiting on the shirts to be done so I can put the "official logo" on the site.

help
 

I would be willing to help out on the team. I can cook pretty good. Times are tough on the home front but I can spare $50 -$100 and my time. Its 150 mile drive from Luling but like I said I would be more than willing to lend a hand to help a fellow American. Let me double check with the boss tonight and make sure the date is open.

AWESOME! If you would join the team, that would give us 4 people from the site.

Here's a list of the bands that will be playing for the fundraiser

OK, so now we have the 4 members needed for a team...FINALLY! It will be me (Ross), eman (Bob L.), meaux fishing (Bob B.) and is it October yet? (Chad). As of right now we're cooking a deer roast for anything goes and smoked pork loins for pork. I'm thinking that we can do a chili for the beef since meaux can maybe get the beef donated to us and eman has a good recipe and we can do something with shrimp and fish since eman and I have alot of shrimp and Chad said he can get us some fish if need be. What ya'll think?