Since August, volunteers with the Farm-City Days Committee have combined to work more than 1,500 hours manning concessions booths at Kansas Citys Arrowhead Stadium.
The work serves as a key fundraiser for the committee through Aramark, a program that utilizes non-profit organizations in community events, such as football games.
The project involves taking eight volunteers to each Kansas City Chiefs home football game this season, plus a Taylor Swift concert, to work at Tailgaters, one of the concessions booths inside the stadium. Two other volunteers work at portable serving stations elswhere inside Arrowhead.
With most of the Chiefs games starting at noon, game days typically entail hitting the road by 5 a.m.
By the time the game ends, crowds have filed out, and the stands closed, the weary volunteers are headed for home after a 12- to 14-hour workday.
The Farm-City Days Committee received a special game ball from Aramark staff following Sundays 35-3 victory over Oakland.
The committee will be back at Arrowhead next Saturday to work during the Chiefs home playoff game. Kansas Citys opponent will be determined this week.
The primary goal of the fundraising is to promote continued growth of Farm City Days events and add valuable experiences back into the community, committee chairman Aaron Franklin said.
The Farm-City Days Committee will keep busy after football season concludes.
The committee is co-sponsoring an anti-bullying program with USD 257 Feb. 27 at the Bowlus Fine Arts Center.
Additionally, the summer concert series will return to Iola July 13. Performers have not yet been announced.
The committee also may work a few Kansas City Royals games, Franklin noted.
