Rock Town Bacon Throwdown Sept. 20 at War Memorial Stadium
| LITTLE ROCK — Tickets are on sale now for the second annual Rock Town Bacon Throwdown, to be held from 1-4:30 p.m., Sept. 20 at War Memorial Stadium, a competition featuring local professional chefs serving their best bacon creations in a cook-off contest to benefit patients at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Medical Center.
Tickets are $30 each and include a sample of each dish, soft drinks/water and a vote in determining the best bacon dish. With purchase of an adult ticket, children 6 and under get in free for games with activities that include a tasting table just for them. Live entertainment will include The Federalis.
Ten local chefs from area restaurants or public venues are already signed up to present dishes revolving around bacon. They include: Scott Rains of Table 28, Elliot Jones of Yaya’s Euro Bistro and chefs from The Fold, Damngoode Pies and even Blue Cake Co. Top honors will be selected by a panel of judges and the “People’s Choice” award will be based on votes from ticketholders.
Buy tickets online via Eventbrite or call the UAMS Volunteer Services office, (501) 686-5656. Proceeds from the event, being hosted by the UAMS Medical Center Auxiliary’s Aux Crew of young professionals, will benefit the UAMS Patient Support Fund, which helps patients, families and support programs at UAMS.
If the Arkansas-Northern Illinois football game is played during the Rock Town Bacon Throwdown, it will be shown live on the stadium’s scoreboard video screens.
“Our Patient Support Fund has been a critical, ongoing source for helping our patients and families,” said Roxane Townsend, M.D., CEO of UAMS Medical Center and vice chancellor for clinical programs. “The Rock Town Bacon Throwdown will be a fun and delicious way to contribute to a good cause.”
For ongoing updates about the event, visit the UAMS Aux Crew Facebook page at www.facebook.com/UAMSYoungAuxiliary and follow them on Twitter or Instagram: @uamsauxcrew. For more about the UAMS Medical Center Auxiliary’s young professionals group, visit uamshealth.com/auxcrew.
The UAMS Medical Center Auxiliary plays an important role in providing for the needs of the patients and visitors of the UAMS Medical Center. Part of that commitment includes giving back to programs and departments on campus doing work that directly promotes, improves and advances the welfare, health and comfort of UAMS patients. The Aux Crew helps further support the mission of the UAMS Medical Center Auxiliary.
UAMS is the state’s only health sciences university, with colleges of Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, Health Professions and Public Health; a graduate school; a hospital; a main campus in Little Rock; a Northwest Arkansas regional campus in Fayetteville; a statewide network of regional campuses; and eight institutes: the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute, Jackson T. Stephens Spine & Neurosciences Institute, Harvey & Bernice Jones Eye Institute, Psychiatric Research Institute, Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging, Translational Research Institute, Institute for Digital Health & Innovation and the Institute for Community Health Innovation. UAMS includes UAMS Health, a statewide health system that encompasses all of UAMS’ clinical enterprise. UAMS is the only adult Level 1 trauma center in the state. UAMS has 3,275 students, 890 medical residents and fellows, and five dental residents. It is the state’s largest public employer with more than 12,000 employees, including 1,200 physicians who provide care to patients at UAMS, its regional campuses, Arkansas Children’s, the VA Medical Center and Baptist Health. Visit www.uams.edu or uamshealth.com. Find us on Facebook, X (formerly Twitter), YouTube or Instagram.
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