Evolving from an after-party of the South Side Irish Parade several years ago, Blue Island Beer Company’s annual Cabbage Bash — a home run derby with cabbage projectiles — offered a chance last week to vent some aggression for a cause.
People participate recently in the annual Cabbage Bash at Blue Island Beer Company, a home run derby involving heads of cabbage that also raised funds this year for Farm2Veteran, a Will County based organization that provides produce and meat to agencies that serve veterans.
Heads of leafy greens were harmed at a recent Cabbage Bash fundraiser at Blue Island Beer Co. The event raised money for Farm2Veteran, a Will County organization that provides farm food to agencies serving veterans. The remnants of the cabbages also were donated to the farm for use as animal feed. “We donate exclusively to charities that house veterans,” says Farm2Veteran founder and CEO Kevin Van Eekeren, of Manhattan. “It is crazy to me that veterans give up so much — time, body parts, mental health — in service to this country, and we give them nothing when they get back.”Van Eekeren determined his farm would help fill that void. In 2021, he donated 13,000 meals to veterans. By 2022, the group dispersed 58,506 meals and is opening a Texas division.
Farm2Veteran supports St. Leo Residence operated by Catholic Charities, Veterans New Beginnings run by New Pisgah Missionary Baptist Church, and VOA-Illinois’ Hope Manor developments, which house more than 200 veterans and their families in Joliet and Chicago.
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