Charity Event

On Saturday, the Purcellville Gazette hosted a Stuff Your Face For Charity event. Several local business donated funds to that helped raise money for nine charities and non-profits, such as the Purcellville Skate Park. The premise of the event was that hot dog eaters would compete with each other to eat as much as possible in eight minutes. "Killer" Kyle Kusch represented our group and did a valiant job!

The contestants who competed for charity dollars. Our volunteer eater, Kyle, is in the center with the blue hat. the charities who benefited from this event include Loudoun Habitat For Humanity, Purcellville Volunteer Fire Department, Christmas Angel Tree, PVSP (us), Loudoun Breast Health Network, Loudoun Valley Vikings, Woodgrove Wolverines, Tree of Life Pantry and Blue Ridge Middle School Band.

The crowd gathers in anticipation of the event to begin. Mayor Bob (center) officiates the event by being the official time keeper. The eaters nervously stare at the baskets of dogs.

Haute Dogs and Fries delivers the dogs for the event. They donated dozens and dozens of dogs. I had one later, they were good!

All the dogs are lined up and ready for chowing. This is quite an impressive display. How many could you eat in eight minutes, with the buns?

Kyle stuffing his face for our group, a true warrior. A new employee to the Purcellville Gazette, he offered to eat on our behalf. Kyle did an excellent job and helped to raise $21 dollars.

Jeff Stern, of the the Barns at Franklin Park, ate nine dogs in eight minutes, winning the event. Red, White and Blues provided the music and fun was had by all. Thanks Gazette for inviting up to participate in this event.