Category: Heart of Country

Event Information

The Heart of Country Festival is back for its third year and it is bigger and better than ever! The event is located in Eugene’s popular Alton Baker Park and will be MC’d by Bill Barrett of New Country 93.3.

Free admission, live country music from local artists (including Outlaw Shine), dancing, delicious local BBQ, brews, raffles, vendors, shopping… This festival is one that you can’t miss. 

Coldfire Brewing Company will be providing cold beer and wine, which would pair nicely with a delicious burger from The Zingaro. Other food vendors include Vinnie’s Smokin’ BBQ, Foodtopia & more.

Our event is fun for the whole family as we are also featuring a bouncy house, face painting, a donkey petting zoo, and a watermelon eating contest!

Throw your boots on and come have some fun with us while showing your support for the kids!

Get involved in this great day by signing up to be a Sponsor, host a vendor booth or to volunteer.

Sell your Merchandise Volunteer Sponsorship Info Buy Raffle Tickets

Raffle Information

Get a jump on the action by purchasing your raffle tickets today & picking them up at the event!

Special Offer for advance purchases.

Contact Us

Have questions about the event? Email us!

Heart of Country 2018

The Event

We had a great turn out this year! We had over 150 guests, 5 bands, 6 BBQ competitors, and 2 kids competitors! We raised over $6000 from sponsors, numerous generous donations, sold around 75 tickets, sold 120 raffle tickets. Overall we raised almost $10,000 dollars!

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The Winners

Darkside of the Q
Best BBQ Industry Category
Big Daddy Cheer’s Backyard BBQ
Best BBQ Backyard Category
Old Dirty Basters
People’s Choice
The Mighty Yaskovic’s / Flour Power
Kids Competition

Not Pictured :

Team Paxleen
Bacon Side Dish

Tara Brown
Raffle

Thank you for your support!

Sponsors

Thank you to our sponsors:

Levi Strauss
Heart of Country Partner

Parr Lumber
Entertainment Sponsor and donation of Green Mountain Grill

Oregon Rehab Squad
Kid Zone Sponsor

Koffler Boats
Heart Gallery Sponsor

Rosboro
Friend of HOC

Rainbow Valley Design and Construction
Friend of HOC

Hitch Pro and Tow
HOC Donor

Judges

Thank you to our judges:

Steve Brown
94.5 MixFM

Mary Riley
94.5 MixFM

Mark Stern
Carte Blanche Catering

Friends

Thank you to our friends:

McKenzie Mist
Longs Meat Market
Swire Coca Cola
Grocery Outlet
Lone Pine Farms
Party on Wheels!

Competitors

Thank you to our Competitors:

Big Daddy Cheer’s Backyard BBQ
Bill and Tim’s Barbecue
Darkside of the Q
Dicky’s Barbecue Pit
Flour Power
The Mighty Yaskovics
Old Dirty Basters
Rockstar BBQ

Heart of Country Competition Information

Industry Category

Local BBQ Food Trucks and Restaurants

Includes
  • 10 ft. x 15 ft. space for preparing and cooking food, as well as handing out samples
  • 2 oz. cups for tasting samples
  • Competitors will hand out tasting samples to patron’s to conduct the judging for the People’s Choice award.

Entry Fee: $200

Rules and Regulations
Sign Up

Backyard Category

Those who BBQ for sport or fun

Includes
  • 10 ft. x 15 ft. space for preparing and cooking food, as well as handing out samples
  • 2 oz. cups for tasting samples
  • Competitors will hand out tasting samples to patron’s to conduct the judging for the People’s Choice award.

Entry Fee: $150

Rules and Regulations
Sign Up

Bacon Side Dish Competition

Information
  • All dishes must be prepared ahead of time
  • Dishes must be marked with any dietary allergens
  • Must contain enough for 100 1oz tastes

Entry Fee: $40

Rules and Regulations
Sign Up

Kid’s Cooking Competition

Information
  • All dishes must be prepared ahead of time
  • Dishes must be marked with any dietary allergens

Entry Fee: $20

Rules and Regulations
Sign Up

Heart of Country

August 26, 2018
3:00 pm to 8pm
Dorris Ranch, Springfield Oregon

A Family For Every Child is proud to announce our 2nd Annual Heart of County Celebration. This year we are changing things up by adding a BBQ cook off! We will have professional and backyard divisions competing for the bragging rights of best barbecue ribs, pork, and chicken. We will also have a Bacon Side Dish in which competitors bring a homemade bacon dish for the chance to win the People’s Choice Award for best side. There will be a kid’s dessert competition allowing children the opportunity to show off their awesome cooking skills along side our other competitors.

This is a family-friendly event and there will be activities for kids.

Tickets
Adults: $30
Youth: $15
Under 6: Free

Event Information

Competition Info
Entry Form

Food and Beverage:

On top of the barbecue, bacon, and dessert competitors providing food samples, we will also have a beer garden stocked with cold beer for purchase. Each guest will be given tasting tickets for samples of the competitors dishes. Additionally, we will have corn on the cob and watermelon included with your Heart of Country ticket, as well as for sale along with non-alcoholic beverages such as water, soda, and sweet tea.

Entertainment:

We will have live country music featuring local bands from the area including, Jeri James, Haywire, Outlaw Shine, and Dusty Herd. Guests are encouraged to bring blankets and lawn chairs to sit on at the event. There will be plenty of room for dancing and enjoying the music.

Volunteers:

If you would like to volunteer to help us make Heart of Country a great event, please email events@afamilyforeverychild.org

Heart of Country Raffle

This year at Heart of Country we will be raffling off a Green Mountain Jim Bowie Grill Wifi Enabled Pellet Grill!

This grill has a value of $899.99. Tickets for the raffle are $10 each or 6 for $50.

Tickets are available for purchase, and you don’t have to be present to win. Those living in Oregon are eligible to win the grill. For all those living outside of Oregon, more raffle prizes will be available! This is a great way to get involved in Heart of Country for those who are not local to the Eugene area.
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Sponsors:

We still need sponsorships for this event! Without the help of our sponsors we would not be able to hold these fundraising events benefiting so many children.

  • Headline Sponsor – $5000
  • Heart of Country Partner – $2500
  • Barbecue Sponsor – $1000
  • Kid’s Zone Sponsor – $1000
Sponsorship Packet