The Poquoson Kiwanis Club will be conducting its annual Pig Roast on Saturday, May 5 from 11:00 to 5:30 in front of the Wells Fargo Bank on Wythe Creek Road in Poquoson.
Three times a year, selling barbecue to the public is an “all-hands” effort for the membership. Besides the original Spring event, the club has a sandwich booth at the Poquoson Seafood Festival in the Fall and will sell one-pound containers of bulk barbecue at the Poquoson Parks & Recreation Center this coming June 9. Advance orders for bulk barbecue, including quantity and phone number, can be emailed to [email protected].
This Saturday’s menu will feature a BBQ dinner for $9.00 (BBQ, cole slaw, hush puppies, and baked beans) and a BBQ sandwich with cole slaw for $6.00. Drinks are included. Dollar-off advance purchase tickets are available from any Poquoson Kiwanian.
The Kiwanis Club of Poquoson is one of the largest clubs in the Capital District, with over 110 members. Besides barbecue sales, which provide the club’s main source of charitable revenue, the club also runs annnually a youth soccer tournament and a boating and fishing flea market.
Proceeds from the Kiwanis fundraising events include EDMARC, Here for the Girls, Poquoson and Tabb High School scholarships, new teachers Poquoson, international school competitions, Teacher of the Year Poquoson, Teen of the Year Poquoson and Tabb, Boys and Girls State, Key Club convention, Kiwanis Childrens Council of Hampton Roads, continuing support for new Kiwanis club in Mongolia, the Poquoson Food Pantry, Virginia Food Bank, and many others.
