By BRENT MARTIN
St. Joseph Post
A special challenge will be held in St. Joseph next month with more than bragging rights at stake.
St. Joseph School District Foundation Executive Director Julie Cobb says in this challenge, you eat and others benefit.
“The Tenderloin Challenge is a little bit of a competition to deem St. Joe’s favorite tenderloin,” Cobb tells KFEQ/St. Joseph Post. “Thursdays in October, a dollar from each tenderloin purchased at participating restaurants are going to go back to relieve school lunch debt within the district through the Foundation.”
The Tenderloin Challenge is a follow up to the generous donation of the Central High School Class of 1976, which raised $7,000 to pay the lunch debt of St. Joseph students last year. Cobb says the class wanted to get the entire community behind the effort this year.
“We would love to see that $7,000 raised again,” Cobb says. “We don’t know how much is going to be incurred over the year, but it was enough to cover it last year. We hoping that it would be enough to cover it this year.”
The St. Joseph School District reports the school lunch debt at present is a bit more than $5,000.
More than a dozen St. Joseph area restaurants are participating.
“But we have several of them on board,” Cobb says. “They’re excited. They’re excited to help the schools. They’re excited to see the community come out and get engaged.”
Special t-shirts will also be on sale with proceeds going to the St. Joseph School District Lunch Debt Relief Fund. Direct donations are being accepted as well.
Click HERE for the St. Joseph School District Foundation website.
Participating restaurants are:
D&G PUB & GRUB BREW HAUS
POP’S PLACE BAR & GRILL
HIHO BAR & GRILL
NORTYS BAR & GRILL
FREDERICK INN
JAKE’S STEAKHOUSE & SPORTS BAR
BOB’S FISHING LAKE
FIRST WARD HOUSE
BIGGINS SPORTSBAR & GRILL
LISA’S ROADSIDE DINER
BETTY’S CAFE
PAPPY’S GRILL & PUB
RC’S LUNCH CAR
ADAM’S BAR & GRILL
B&B RUNWAY CAFE
JOYCE RAE PATTERSON SR. CENTER