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IMPERIAL – Over 3,000 plates of food. About 4000 pounds of smoked pit barbecue. Six voluntary organizations. And $ 25,000.
Those were the delightful numbers behind last weekend’s Imperial County Sheriff’s Office Volunteer Organization’s annual fundraiser in which so much meat, sold in so many plates, made so much money, to fund as many units.
Unlike its counterparts in large metropolitan counties, the Imperial County Sheriff’s Office does not have a dedicated budget to support all the expenses of its volunteer organizations.
Instead, the agency has relied for more than 25 years on an annual fundraiser where thousands of plates of food are sold to benefit its volunteer organizations.
This year, the sale of approximately 4,000 pounds of barbecue generated approximately $ 25,000 for his volunteer organizations, including his Reserve Unit, Aero Squadron, De Anza Rescue Unit, Mounted Posse, Sheriff’s Athletic League and Explorers.
“For us they are very valuable,†said Deputy Sheriff Fred Miramontes.
The fundraiser was canceled in 2020 due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, but returned on Sunday, September 26 as a five-hour drive-through event to the Imperial’s Casa de Mañana building. Valley Fairgrounds.
Each volunteer organization has been assigned a certain number of barbecue tickets to sell and receive the proceeds from. The annual fundraiser was initiated during the tenure of former Sheriff Oren Fox, who served from July 1973 to December 1974, and then from January 1979 to January 1999.
The funds generated were sometimes spent on all-terrain vehicle tires, radios, as well as uniforms and shirts, Miramontes said.
Sheriff’s office staff prepared, packed and distributed the food. Local beef suppliers provided the meat, while other local businesses donated drinks and fresh produce for the salads, Miramontes said.
“It’s a well-supported cause,†he said.
IMPERIAL – Over 3,000 plates of food. About 4000 pounds of smoked pit barbecue. Six voluntary organizations. And $ 25,000.
Those were the delightful numbers behind last weekend’s Imperial County Sheriff’s Office Volunteer Organization’s annual fundraiser in which so much meat, sold in so many plates, made so much money, to fund as many units.
Unlike its counterparts in large metropolitan counties, the Imperial County Sheriff’s Office does not have a dedicated budget to support all the expenses of its volunteer organizations.
Instead, the agency has relied for more than 25 years on an annual fundraiser where thousands of plates of food are sold to benefit its volunteer organizations.
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This year, the sale of approximately 4,000 pounds of barbecue generated approximately $ 25,000 for his volunteer organizations, including his Reserve Unit, Aero Squadron, De Anza Rescue Unit, Mounted Posse, Sheriff’s Athletic League and Explorers.
“For us they are very valuable,†said Deputy Sheriff Fred Miramontes.
The fundraiser was canceled in 2020 due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, but returned on Sunday, September 26 as a five-hour drive-through event to the Imperial’s Casa de Mañana building. Valley Fairgrounds.
Each volunteer organization has been assigned a certain number of barbecue tickets to sell and receive the proceeds from. The annual fundraiser was initiated during the tenure of former Sheriff Oren Fox, who served from July 1973 to December 1974, and then from January 1979 to January 1999.
The funds generated were sometimes spent on all-terrain vehicle tires, radios, as well as uniforms and shirts, Miramontes said.
Sheriff’s office staff prepared, packed and distributed the food. Local beef suppliers provided the meat, while other local businesses donated drinks and fresh produce for the salads, Miramontes said.
“It’s a well-supported cause,†he said.
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