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| The 8th Annual RedBones Pig Pickin' charity event took place Monday night to benefit the Somerville Homeless Coalition (SHC). |
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| ~Photos by Elizabeth Sayer |
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By Elizabeth Sayer
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curbs of Chester Street were lined with people listening to live music,
eating corn, cole slaw and traditional slow-cooked meat, while Rob
Gregory, co-owner and pitmaster of RedBones, spent the evening elbow
deep in pulled pork, pork loin and 'crispies' while serving dinner to a
crowd of over 200 people. The 8th Annual RedBones Pig Pickin' charity
event took place Monday night to benefit the Somerville Homeless
Coalition (SHC), the local organization committed to homelessness
prevention and assistance. The event offered delicious traditional
southern barbeque with all the standard trimmings, beer from Berkshire
Brewing Company, and music from The Goodtime String Band, Second Line
Brass Band, and the Springhill Rounders. The pigs were slow-roasted in
the Redbones Pig Rigs and laid out on serving tables front and center,
as attendees were able to watch their meat cut right before their eyes
as they walked into the event.
Mark Alston-Follansbee, Executive
Director of the Somerville Homeless Coalition, greeted attendees of the
event and happily mingled with guests throughout the evening. "Redbones
is the epitome of a community partner," Alston-Follansbee said, "Their
charity and participation in the community is incredibly important."
The Somerville Homeless Coalition receives approximately 85 percent of
their funding from Federal and State agencies, but they are responsible
to raise the remaining 15 percent. The Annual Pig Pickin' is one of the
biggest events to help in their fundraising. Over the last eight years,
the SHC has developed 80 permanent housing units and has placed 125
individuals and families in permanent housing. They are part of a
coalition between 6 Somerville agencies, including the Somerville
Community Corporation and the Community Action Agency of Somerville to
utilize money from the Federal Stimulus package for Homelessness
Prevention.
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