By MO CRANKER on July 10, 2020.<\/p>\n
mcranker@medicinehatnews.com<\/a><\/p>\n While COVID-19 has cancelled quite a few events this year, RibFest will still be happening.<\/p>\n The event will run differently, using a drive-through format, and funds raised will go to the Rotary Club of Medicine Hat.<\/p>\n This years RibFest will be running August 7-9 and four different rib vendors will be selling their southern barbecue classics. There will also be a Tater King booth and a lemonade stand.<\/p>\n Its going to be just like grabbing a coffee, but with southern barbecue, said organizer Andrew Reinhardt.<\/p>\n The event will run from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Friday and Saturday at Murray Chevrolet. Sunday will run from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.<\/p>\n People will enter the Murray parking lot in their vehicles and pick one of four lines to get into. They will drive up to a cashier with an iPad, place their order, pay with either cash or debt and then grab their food.<\/p>\n The cashier will operate the iPad so people dont have to themselves, said Reinhardt. People can stay in their car the entire time.<\/p>\n Reinhardt says the rib trucks are highly efficient and can do an order in 15-20 seconds and that they are expecting 2-2,500 cars over the weekend.<\/p>\n This is a safe fundraiser and were going to meet every guideline for Alberta Health, he said. I know people are dying to do something and this is going to be a fun event.<\/p>\n There will not be tables set up this year for people to sit and eat at, because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n Rotary Club treasurer Gail Halderman says the group is still looking to get sponsors on board and that it is planning on selling pop and other things to raise a bit of money.<\/p>\n Were holding this to get money so we can give back to the community, he said. We do a lot of work in our community like the Rotary Music Festival every year. We also put over $100,000 into a trail project last year that went from Desert Blume back to Medicine Hat.<\/p>\n The event has been held in previous years to support the local chapter of Big Brothers Big Sisters, but money from every sale will go to Rotary this year instead.<\/p>\n The RibFest people approached me and our board thought this was a great idea, said Halderman. We know they work with a lot of Rotary groups and were looking forward to this opportunity.<\/p>\n More information can be found by searching for Medicine Hat Rotary Drive Thru Ribfest on Facebook.<\/p>\n You must be logged in to post a comment.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n See more here: <\/p>\n RibFest goes drive-thru - Medicine Hat News<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By MO CRANKER on July 10, 2020. mcranker@medicinehatnews.com<\/a> While COVID-19 has cancelled quite a few events this year, RibFest will still be happening Continue reading