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Piney River Brewing Hosts Fundraising Event for Houston Education Foundation

Piney River Brewing Company in Bucyrus is hosting a multi-faceted event to raise funds for the Houston Education Foundation (HEF) on Saturday, September 3 at the brewery in Bucyrus.

Board members from HEF will be at the brewery for most of the day cooking bratwurst and hot dogs. Funds raised from the sale of food will benefit the local foundation. In addition to food sales, a portion of every pint sold at the brewery that day will go to HEF.

A cornhole tournament sponsored by Country Financial and USA Mortgage will also benefit HEF. The tournament will be managed by Capital Cornhole from Jefferson City, and they will provide boards and bags as well as managing the tournament.

Registration for the cornhole tournament begins at 1 p.m. at the brewery and is open to anyone and all ages. Team entry fees are $60 for two participants and include a brat and a beverage from Piney River Brewing for both players. All tournament entry fees will go to HEF.

Bags begin flying for the cornhole tournament at 2 p.m. when Piney River Brewing will open to the public for the day.

Cornhole contestants can win medals and cash prizes–$500 for first place, $250 for second place, and $125 for third place.

JJ Romines, Country Financial agent and Houston High School alum, will be at the event holding a raffle for custom cornhole boards with the Piney River logo. Romines is also holding a drawing for tickets to the Tournament of Champions and Missouri State University Bears Basketball games. The drawings are open to anyone in attendance.

Live music will begin at 4 p.m. by the Stevie Newman Band, a mix of oldies, covers, and original rock ‘n roll, country, and rockabilly tunes.

Piney River Brewing has a wide variety of beers available including German Road Oktoberfest, the brewery’s fall seasonal lager, which was just released to the public. Andy’s Root Beer is a non-alcoholic option also available.

“We have been helping the Houston Education Foundation with fundraising efforts for several years, and we are very excited have sponsors helping us make this event even bigger this year,” Joleen Senter Durham, owner at Piney River Brewing, said.

Houston Education Foundation is a non-profit organization that promotes educational excellent by providing resources and support for the Houston R-1 School. HEF also awards several scholarships each year to district students.

“The brewery is family friendly, and we encourage everyone to come out enter the tournament, cheer on a cornhole team, listen to the music, have a brat and a beer or root beer,” Durham said. “It will be a fun day with lots of opportunities for everyone to support a great local cause.”

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