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Operation BBQ set to feed troops

Oct-29-2004 » Filed Under: 3/2 SBCT

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MICHAEL GILBERT; The News Tribune

A Monroe chef is planning to welcome home returning Stryker troops the best way he knows how – with a barbecue dinner for 5,000.

Konrad Haskins, the Northwest representative for a nationwide support-the-troops outfit called Operation BBQ, is soliciting donations and help for the big feed set for Nov. 22 at Fort Lewis.

The pre-Thanksgiving barbecue will follow a 2 p.m. welcome home ceremony for soldiers of the 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division – the Army’s first Stryker brigade – who are returning after nearly a year in Iraq.

Haskins said the Washington Beef Council helped secure 2,500 pounds of meat, courtesy of Tyson Foods Inc. and Washington Beef of Toppenish.

The Veterans of Foreign Wars and the Amvets of Tacoma are making cash contributions, he said. Wicked Baking Co. of Monroe is providing brownies.

But they’re still looking for help with the soda and bottled water, ice cream and potato chips...

Information about Operation BBQ is available at www.opbbq.com or by calling 425-280-3762.


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