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Our Beneficiaries

Our mission is to raise funds to support local children's causes while fostering community in a celebration of two of North Carolina's cultural assets: barbecue and bluegrass.

Each year 100% of the proceeds from food and beverage sales, Fast Passes, The Pit merch, and the Silent Auction sales, at 'Cuegrass are donated to our chosen beneficiaries for that year.
Over the years, 'Cuegrass has raised over $200,000 and helped 11 different organizations including: BackPack Buddies, SAFEchild, Cub Scouts, Team Chris Combs, Food Banks of CENC, 4-H Club, NC Farmers via AWA, WC Breeze Family Farm, Read & Feed, Feed the Farm, and The Occoneechee Council of Boy Scouts of America.

Our beneficiaries this year are: SAFEchild, The Occoneechee Council of Boy Scouts of America, Freedom Ride Rescue, and Western North Carolina Hurricane Relief.

Beneficiaries for 2025

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SAFEchild is the only organization in Wake County that offers a full range of child abuse prevention and intervention services to children and families at no cost.

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Occoneechee Council provides high quality Scouting programs for  youth in Chatham, Cumberland, Durham, Franklin, Granville, Harnett, Lee, Moore, Orange, Vance, Wake and Warren Counties.

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Freedom Ride Rescue logo
Freedom Ride Rescue is a Raleigh foster-based network that brings in dogs of all ages, sizes and breed mixes. They help to rehabilitate these animals until they can be adopted to their “fur-ever” homes.

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Western North Carolina suffered catastrophic damage from Hurricane Helene in late September 2024. There are numerous organizations supporting relief efforts. We are in the process of evaluating and vetting them to select one as our beneficiary.