Category: Heart of Country

Get Involved in Heart of Country

Heart of Country is an annual summer music festival which raises money for at-risk foster youth. The event is free and open to the public, and consists of a main stage featuring local bands and musical artists, a food pod, a vendor marketplace, a raffle, and kids activities.

Community partners make up the heart and soul of Heart of Country, and we would love to invite you to participate as a vendor, musical artist, food truck, volunteer, or sponsor.

Please use the buttons below to download our vendor/food truck information packet, our sponsorship packet, and our volunteer sign up sheet. If you are interested in performing as a musical artist at the event, please contact our events team directly at events@afamilyforeverychild.org or at 541-343-2856.

Thank you for your help in ensuring a bright future for those in the foster system.

 

Download the Vendor Information Packet
Download the Sponsorship Packet
Volunteer at Heart of Country

Heart of Country 2021

 

YEE HAW! Welcome to the official page for the 5th Annual Heart of Country Festival, happening Sunday, June 13th 2021 from
12PM - 4:30pm, live on the A Family for Every Child YouTube channel. 
Check out all of the details below!

 

LINEUP

Rudolf Korv
at 12PM

Pitchwood
at 1PM

Outlaw Shine
at 2PM

The Real Gone Trio
at 3:20PM

...and featuring performances from MusicMasters Studio Students!


199 W 8th Ave. Eugene, OR 97401

1099 Chambers St. Eugene, OR 97402

Thank you to Whirled Pies and Wonder Wok being our Projection Partners! Stop by during the event to enjoy some amazing food and watch the performances on their big screens!


Raffle Drawing Prizes

Custom Playhouse by Jordan Iverson Signature Homes
Custom Playhouse valued at $4000
$500 Jerry's Home Improvement gift card
Scooter Starter Pack
Scooter Starter Pack (Two Available)
DIY Date Night Package
DIY Date Night Package
BBQ & Brew Package
BBQ & Brew Package
Light Up Your Backyard Package
Light Up Your Backyard Package
Strider Sport Bike
Strider Sport Bike (stand included)
Bacon & Brew Package
Bacon & Brew Package
BYOBunny Package
BYOBunny Package

1 for $5, 3 for $10, 5 for $15, 10 for $25, 25 for $50
(Playhouse entries are 1 for $10, 3 for $20, 5 for $30, 10 for $50, 25 for $100)

BUY ENTRIES

Community Fundraisers

Fast Track Car Wash

June 11th - June 13

Get your car washed at either of the Fast Track Car Wash locations within the time window, and present the physical flyer for 50% of your proceeds to benefit AFFEC! For the flyer, click HERE.

Most Wanted Espresso

June 7th - June 11th

Come buy a drink special at Most Wanted Espresso during the week leading up to Heart of Country weekend, where a portion of sales will benefit AFFEC!

ColdFire Brewing

June 13th

Enjoy some amazing beer and food at Coldfire Brewing on Sunday, June 13th, where $1 of every beer sold will benefit AFFEC!

Check out last year's event!

Heart of Country 2020

Raffle
$500 Jerry's Home Improvement gift card
Wera Kraftform 6 piece Screwdriver Set
iRobot Roomba 690 (Wifi enabled)
Backyard BBQ Package
DIY Date Nigh Package
The Great Outdoors Package

Entries are $1 each, 10 for $10, 30 for $20, 50 for $30, 75 for $40, and 100 for $50. Receive bonus entries if you share the raffle from the RallyUp page.

Buy Entries

Thank You to Our Sponsors

Franz Bakery | Hamilton Construction | Hitch Pro & Tow
Mid Valley Tractor | Rosboro | RiverBend Materials
Ram Jack West | Rainbow Valley Design and Construction
RV Sales of Oregon | Renewal by Andersen

Want to sponsor? Click the link below!

SPONSOR

Support our area partners!

ColdFire Brewing 263 Mill St, Eugene, OR 97401
Most Wanted Espresso 1400 Executive Pkwy, Eugene, OR 97401
Alesong Brewing and Blending 80848 Territorial Hwy, Eugene, OR 97405
Vinnie's Smokin' BBQ 38493 McKenzie Hwy, Springfield, OR 97478 and at Public House 418 A St #4606, Springfield, OR 97477
The Zingaro Beergarden. 777 W 6th Ave, Eugene, OR 97402
Cyderish 255 Madison St, Eugene, OR 97402

Heart of Country 2019

Check out pictures from 2019's Heart of Country Festival!

2019 Sponsors and donors

Last year, we had many sponsors, food trucks, vendors, artists, and people involved with this big event!

Sponsors

Levi's

Eric & Patty Allen

Hitch Pro & Tow

Rosboro Lumber

Rainbow Valley Design

and Construction

Renewal by Andersen

Heart of Country Festival 2019

This was the first year that Heart of Country Festival was free and open to the public and, depsite the rainy weather, our turn out was great! We had an estimated 200 guests, 5 bands, 7 food trucks, and over 30 local vendors. Overall, we raised almost $9,000 from our sponsors, generous donations, and raffle tickets sales!

 

Thank you to all of our participants!

Thank you for your support!

This year we had many sponsors, food trucks, vendors, artists, and people involved with this big event!

Sponsors

Levi's

Eric & Patty Allen

Hitch Pro & Tow

Rosboro Lumber

Rainbow Valley Design

and Construction

Renewal by Andersen

Heart of Country Music Festival

A Family For Every Child's annual Heart of Country Music Festival is back in person and better than ever! Join us on September 18th at the University of Oregon's EMU Green for a memorable day filled with music, dancing, craft brews, local vendors, food stalls, and more!

Heart of Country is a free, day-long outdoor charity concert which raises money for foster, homeless, and at-risk youth. The event is family friendly and open to the public, with a suggested $10 donation at the gate. Heart of Country features line dancing, a vendor marketplace, a raffle and silent auction,  and a rotating group of amazing Oregon musical artists specializing in country, folk, honky-tonk, and americana. 100% of the funds raised from the event go directly towards A Family For Every Child's 13 core programs, including the Adoption Agency, Host Home youth homelessness program, at-risk youth Mentorship, and more. Keep scrolling for a full lineup and schedule of the event!

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!

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

Hitch Pro and Tow
HOC Donor

Judges

Thank you to our judges:

Steve Brown
94.5 MixFM

Mary Riley
94.5 MixFM

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.

Purchase Raffle Tickets

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