Elk's Lodge Charity Fajita Lunch Raises $10,600 for Sgt. Korby Kennedy's Family

The idea discussed among friends while picking vegetables became a reality Saturday, July 25, with the benefit fajita lunch for fallen San Angelo police officer Sgt. Korby Kennedy’s family.

Many people from the community helped serve lunch, including 30 members of the local lodge.

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Above: Chief of Police Tim Vasquez, an Elk, (Blue shirt and Apron in the center) visits with Mrs Kennedy. (Contributed/San Angelo Elks Club)

The cooking group "Cooking for Christ" (Ruben Rodriguez, Paul Paschal, and Kim Cook) arrived and set up their pit to help cook the fajitas

The Elks begin serving fajita plates at 11:30 a.m., and as 2:30 p.m. approached, the traffic began to fade. There were many tired Elks; yet, they were very excited that over $7500 from the food sales and donations that day would be givien to Kennedy’s wife. Rooster's wristbands brought in another $500. The total amount raised with donations and food sales was $10,600.

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Above: Elks Trustees D. Watson (L) and Pat Trojcak (R) helped cook Fajitas for the Benefit. (Elks)

Chili’s restaurant was on hand to donate an additional $5,000 to Mrs. Kennedy.

At the end of the day, the Elks served 650-700 people within three hours.

The Elks offer a big thank you to all of the Lodge members and volunteers who helped make this our most successful fundraiser to date.