Church drive-thrus may not be common, but on Sept. 23 Daisy United Methodist Church will be ready to take your order.
That Saturday, the church is hosting a fundraiser to benefit its youth and children's programs, selling barbecue and sides from 11 a.m. till whenever its 100 pounds of home-smoked pork runs out. Hungry guests won't even need to leave their cars; kids with the church will take orders and relay them to the kitchen with walkie-talkies.
"The kids really love it," said Celeste Burke, one of the organizers of the event. "It's a lot of fun."
Burke will be making coleslaw and beans, while her husband Jeff and another congregation member, Rick Williams, are preparing the barbecue.
Proceeds from the fundraiser will go toward events for the church's youth and children. Specifically, Burke said the church is hoping to fund a youth group trip to the Henderson Settlement over fall break. The Henderson Settlement is a religious community service organization dedicated to aiding some of the most impoverished communities in Appalachia, where kids from the church will spend their break working on houses and cleaning up yards.
In addition, a goal for the barbecue is to raise enough money to send the church's youth to Resurrection, a major youth rally for the United Methodist Church. Burke is the children's director for the church, and she is counting on the event raising funds to support its vacation Bible school, "Trunk or Treat" and Christmas program.
"That's where every dollar of the money is going," said Burke.
This is the second time the church is hosting the barbecue fundraiser. Burke said the response from the first lunch, held earlier this spring, was so strong that they hope to make it a biannual event.
"We just hope the community will come out, support us and enjoy some good food," said Burke.
Plates of food will cost $10 and sandwiches will cost $5 apiece. For more information contact the church at 332-3243.