Recap: Tara's Troops Benefit Tournament

On Friday, February 21, my sister's friends and family organized a fundraiser event for my sister, who is battling stage 4 breast cancer. The event was a great celebration of Tara and we are so thankful for everyone who came out and played, bid on the silent auction baskets, purchased 50/50 raffle tickets and helped organize the event.

The cornhole tournament was a two stage event. In the first stage, teams played a four game round robin. Results from Stage 1 seeded all of the teams into a single elimination tournament where the top three teams earned prizes.

1st Place: Cornstars - Steve & Jennifer
2nd Place: Me So Corny - Matt & David
3rd Place: Matthew & Renee

Special Thank You to...

• Everyone who purchased a cornhole entry, bought 50/50 raffle tickets, bid on the silent auction or made a monetary donations...THANK YOU!
• Cassie, Erin, Laurie, Pam, and Susan for working so hard on the silent auction baskets
• Everyone who contributed to the silent auction gift baskets! They were all awesome!
  
• Ray at Original Cornhole Company for donating a set of custom boards that were raffled off
• Everyone who helped at the event
• Laureen for taking all of the pictures throughout the event
• Val, Tara's husband, for hand-making the spice racks that were awarded as prizes
• Reese, Tara's daughter, who knitted two amazing blankets that were awarded as prizes
• Ron, Tara's father, who hand-carved wine stoppers and bottle openers that were awarded as prizes
• The Friday night players at Dos Gringos for donating the Money Shot pot to my sister's fundraising efforts. Tommy Lopez donated his money shot winnings and Scott Webster also kicked in a donation
• QuartHaus for hosting the event
• ...and of course, everyone who helped the night of the event!