At the church my wife and I are members at, I am currently the Outreach Ministry Chair where I have the flexibility to set up a number of different outreach projects (I intend to blog those different activities in order to help give ideas of different outreach projects the reader can do on either a large or small scale). One particular project that I have been working on is a community outreach project entitled 'A Community Corn Roast Event'. We have had this event for the past four years (last year was my first year organizing it) and it really ends up being a huge community BBQ that is free for the whole family. There is live music, carnival games, blow-up jumpy things, a car show and usually some other special activities.
For this years Corn Roast (5th Annual) there are some very exciting things moving into place. For starters we have lined up our event speaker: 'The Jungle Boy' Zach Walters. He is a recently retired professional boxer who has won many titles and was ranked as high as #12 in the world. Yesterday 'The Jungle Boy' and I had an opportunity to meet over coffee and talk about this years Corn Roast event where he had some very good ideas to help make this years Corn Roast the best ever (and last year we had well over 500 people attend). He stated he was open to signing autographs and allowing people to have their picture taken with him and his title belts. This is very cool and generous of him considering for most of his boxing career he has remained secluded. This is a great opportunity for the community to not only get a free meal, but also learn more about what has enabled 'The Jungle Boy's' success. Please stay tuned for future blogs regarding this event, for there is much more exciting information in the works...
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