On May 6, Warrington Elks Lodge #2108 participated in the Burger Battle by the Bay at Maritime Park in Pensacola, Florida. The event is sponsored by the Rotary Club of Pensacola and raised nearly $25,000 for Florida’s Take Stock in Children program, which provides college scholarships to children who are underprivileged who maintain good grades, stay out of trouble and stay off drugs through middle school and high school. The lodge entered two Elk burger cooking teams — one led by Ralph Daniels, PER and one led by Randy Dufner, trustee. Thousands of people attended to vote for the best burger. The lodge provided Elks membership information and had a tent sent up to promote Drug Awareness. They gave out more than 250 bags of drug awareness information and approximately 400 red ribbons. The judges selected Dufner’s team as the winner of the best burger in the amateur category. One of the judges was Chef Darian Hernandez, a recent winner of the Food Network television show “Chopped.”
Pictured is the winning team from Warrington Lodge.