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COMMUNITY by Brooke Ezzo | photos courtesy of Bryce Swihart
T
he intoxicating smell of Hickory smoke surrounded the Lantana Community Event Center on June 19th for the Inaugural BBQ Cook-Off. The Lantana Dads, Bourbon, and BBQ group hosted the event alongside Ashtin Slovak with the
Lantana Community Association in support of resident Michael Carnell and his family. When the Lantana Dads group heard
one of their own was going through a
battle with cancer, they put their passion for serving others into action. Shawn
Chelf, Bryce Swihart, Jason Hawley, Jason Peebles, and Matt Kipp worked tirelessly putting together the successful event.
Insurance Agency, Grill This Highland
Village, Big Shots Golf, PGA Superstore,
Lantana Golf Club, Hop & Sting Brewery, and plenty more.
With live music, bourbon sampling, corn
hole, a bounce house, and face painting,
good listeners, and being someone to lean on during the good times and the bad.
“The event pretty much sums up the
feeling of belonging to a community
versus living in a community,” Peebles
said. “We are lucky to have landed in an unique community and share our love for being dads, drinking bourbon, and BBQ’ing.”
the activities catered to the entire family.
We don’t do anything little. A slogan the
over $5,000 for the Carnell family,” Swihart
“We were blown away with the number of
has adopted when it comes to hanging
letting them know there’s hundreds, if
appreciate all the love and support from
“Our little BBQ Cook-Off was able to raise said. “It’s about helping out a family and
people who came out,” Hawley said. “We
not thousands, of people who
the community members who attended.”
have their back.”
The charity raffle had prizes from some
incredible sponsors, including McManis
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Michael Carnell is a dad who embodies
what the group is all about — going above
and beyond themselves to help others, be
Lantana Dads, Bourbon, and BBQ group out and giving back. They go big because Lantana is their home.
“The Lantana community has pulled
together like family time and time again
to help others in need,” Chelf said. “This
community is filled with amazing people.”
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