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The BBQ Bash helped feed flood-hit towns in 2016. Ten years later, that help came home

Almost Heaven BBQ Bash President Jody Light told Buckhannon City Council how the festival's ties to Operation BBQ Relief brought more than 50,000 meals to Upshur and Lewis counties after the July 21 flood.

Brian Bergstrom

November 1, 2026

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