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Food Truck Festival

Food Truck Festival

brewerThe Brewer’s Kettle in Kernersville is hosting a Food Truck Festival on Saturday, October 24 from 3-9 p.m. to help raise funds for the Belle Raisers Foundation Inc., a local family raising funds and awareness for cystic fibrosis (CF).
The event will feature roughly 18 food trucks, live music from three bands, vendors, a raffle, and N.C. craft beer and wine.
Andy Kennedy, owner of The Brewer’s Kettle in Kernersville, said he chose to have the event benefit the Belle Raisers because of his connection with Mark and Jessica Hanson, whose daughter Annabelle has the unforgiving disease. Having met them at a previous event, he wanted to help.
Annabelle and her twin brother, Dominick, who does not have CF, were born one month early on May 19, 2011. Although they were early, Mark and Jessica were given no indication that there were any health issues with Annabelle, so they were released to go home. The only thing they recalled was that Dominick was one pound heavier than Annabelle, which they noted isn’t unusual for twins who are born early.
It wasn’t until one month later that doctors called to tell them Annabelle has CF. At this point, Dominick was three pounds heavier than his sister.
For Mark and Jessica, the idea of their daughter having a shortened life span and a more complicated life weighed heavy on their hearts.
Jessica explained in an earlier interview with the Kernersville News that CF affects multiple organs in the body, most specifically the lungs.
“People with cystic fibrosis are more susceptible to bacterial and fungal infections. Things that regular people are able to cough up, she isn’t able to do as well,” she said.
Fortunately, with the help of modern medicine and medical devices, Annabelle has managed to stay relatively healthy, but Mark and Jessica know she may not be healthy forever, as the median life expectancy for someone with CF is 37 years.
Mark said they recently celebrated Annabelle having gone a year without hospitalization, though she did have to go on some oral antibiotic medication recently.
“It’s the little things that are important,” he said.
Mark noted that in April of this year, The Belle Raisers gained their 501(c)3 non-profit status.
“We earned our non-profit status, but we have been active in raising money for cystic fibrosis since Annabelle was diagnosed. We created this vehicle to be a stronger local presence and (to put a face on CF),” he said, noting that you can donate to the Belle Raisers on Amazon.com. “If you shop at Amazon.com and use Amazon Smile (Smile@amazon.com), you are able to choose a non-profit and one half of one percent of what you spend on Amazon will go back to that non-profit. When you select a non-profit, look up the Belle Raisers Foundation Inc.”
Mark said the Belle Raisers Foundation is in partnership with the North Carolina Chapter of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.
“Since we have no overhead and are all volunteer based, all of the money we raise goes to help fund their research and patient care initiatives,” he said.
Last year, Mark shared information about a development in the drug industry for people with CF and recently mentioned that the drug Orkambi, a combination therapy, has been FDA approved, but it is currently only for children 12 years of age and older, so Annabelle is unable to take it.
“It’s great news and a big deal. They are going in the right direction. Her age group is not even in clinical trials. She is over four-years-old, so we just have to sit back and wait for now” he said. “It’s not a cure, but for the first time it’s something that will treat the underlying cause instead of treating the symptoms, and we expect bigger and better things to come.”
Mark said he is looking forward to the October 24 Kernersville Food Truck Festival fundraiser at The Brewer’s Kettle.
“We hope it’s a beautiful day. As a family and a group we are so thankful to have the support from the community and we are so thankful to Andy for all the hard work he put into this event. Everything he has done for us is a big deal,” he said.
The food trucks that will be featured at the event include: Bandito Burrito, Tipsy’z Tavern, Wright Up Ur Galley, Camel City Grill, Food Freaks, Munchie Wagon, Urban Street Grill, Jalapeño Truck, Rollin’ Sol, The Great Escape, Small Potatoes Mobile Kitchen, D’s Cakes in a Cup and More, King – Queen Haitian Cuisine, Mystical Sunshine Caribbean Food, Happy Plates Catering, Empanadas Borinquen, Mike and Mike’s Italian Ice, and more.
Bands for the event will include Turpentine Shine, Nitrogen Tone, and Disco Lemonade.
There will be various vendors including Peace Out Vapes, Lab Tattoos, and multiple craft vendors.
Water will be available and individual food trucks will serve non-alcoholic beverages.
Kennedy said attendees should bring cash for the food trucks. Tickets are $5 at the gate and beer and wine tickets will be sold for $5/drink. Beers will all be from North Carolina breweries.
A portion of the sales from the event will be donated to the Belle Raisers. There will also be a raffle for a guitar, donated by the Guitar Center.
The Brewer’s Kettle is located at 308 East Mountain St. For more information, call 336-992-3333, visit their website at www.thebrewerskettle.com or find them on Facebook at: The Brewer’s Kettle Kernersville.

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