Cookin' To Build event on Saturday, Nov. 4

Oct 16, 2017 at 08:54 pm by bryan


Middle Tennessee residents will have a chance to fill their bellies with delicious chilies, soups, stews and gumbos from over 30 cooking teams at the 10th Annual Cookin' To Build event on Saturday, Nov. 4, 11am - 1:30 pm on the Murfreesboro Town Square. The popular food event raises money for Rutherford County Habitat for Humanity to help build safe, energy-efficient and affordable homes for low-income families across Rutherford County.

Middle Tennessee residents will have a chance to fill their bellies with delicious chilies, soups, stews and gumbos from over 30 cooking teams at the 10th Annual Cookin' To Build event on Saturday, Nov. 4, 11am - 1:30 pm on the Murfreesboro Town Square. The popular food event raises money for Rutherford County Habitat for Humanity to help build safe, energy-efficient and affordable homes for low-income families across Rutherford County. Cooking teams from organizations, groups, churches, schools and local businesses prepare the food for for free, as a way to help support the Habitat for Humanity mission. Teams will also vie for prizes as attendees vote for their favorites. Previous winners include Site Hawk, Dani Amendola, The Rutherford County Sheriff's Department, Oakland Middle School and Mid South Bank.

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This is the 10th year for the popular Cookin' To Build event, which is held every year in early November. Tickets for the event are $20 and include a painted pottery bowl to take home, "all you can eat" from the food booths, free dessert and drinks and musical entertainment. Popular music talent Robert Eskew and friends will provide the entertainment again. Event tickets are available at Habitat's two ReStores in Murfreesboro (850 Mercury Blvd) and Smyrna (413 Nissan Blvd) and at the event. Pre-registration ticket holders can get in a half hour early, at 10:30 am.

Prior to the event, attendees can also go to The Pottery Place in Murfreesboro and paint their own bowl for $5 plus their Cookin event ticket of $20. The Pottery Place also donates the bowls for the other ticketed attendees. Bowl painting is through October 31st. and painters can get in a half hour early, at 10:30 am.

Previous Cookin' To Build events raised over $15,000 each year and helped build many Habitat houses including the 2017 Women Build for the Oriz family on Johnson Street in Smyrna. Sponsors for the 2017 Cookin To Build event are Pillsbury/General Mills, The Pottery Place and Atmos Energy. Additional funding is from Kroger, Redstone Federal Credit Union, and First Vision Bank.

Habitat does not give houses away but instead helps families who would not qualify for a mortgage and provides the financial education and guidance for them to buy a house, at no profit to Habitat, through a 0-interest mortgage. In addition to a mandatory 30-week financial and homeowner education program, they must complete 300-400 hours of "sweat equity". Habitat Partner Families are then equipped to sustain their home, manage their money and move out of the cycle of poverty.

Details:

  • What: Cookin' To Build food event
  • When: Saturday, Nov. 4, 11:00am - 1:30pm / 10:30 a.m. Pre-Registration and bowl painters get in half hour early
  • Tickets: $20 - all you can eat and take home your hand-painted bowl
  • Bowl painting open at The Pottery Place through Oct. 31: $5 bowl painting + $20 ticket
  • Where: Murfreesboro Town Square
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