Ted Fitzmier Memorial

Car Show, Concert & Cook out

Benefitting the

Hey Folks, we have our date set for 2022! we are excited after coming off of three GREAT cook-offs 2019/2020/2021.

NOW for 2022 our BIGGEST Car Show , Concert and Cook-Out to date.

July 23rd ,2022

in Maize, KS

This is our 4th annual TFMCO Car Show, Concert and Cook Out benefitting the Kansas Honor Flight. In the last 3 yrs, TFMCO has raised $41,470. This has sponsored 51 veterans by providing them with an ALL-EXPENSE PAID, THREE-DAY JOURNEY of honor and remembrance to their memorials in Washington, DC. Our goal for 2022 is $32,000 to send ONE ENTIRE AIRPLANE OF VETERANS TO WASHINGTON, DC.

Come and join us for a Great time, listen to live music, Some Great food, stop in at our beer garden (must be 21), look at some beautiful autos, enter your team in our Cornhole competition and support a GREAT cause for our men and women of our armed forces, we'd love to have ya. Tell a friend, a neighbor, your mail person, all your family or anyone else you might run into. Live Music will start at 12 :45pm

Here is a little about us.

Whether you knew Ted Fitzmier through serving in the military with him, from his helpful and humorous nature while working at Pride Ag Resources Ace Hardware in Maize, KS, his 17 yrs with the Maize School District, through church, or if you were lucky enough to have gotten to bite into some of his fantastic BBQ meats, you knew you were with someone special. Ted truly loved his country, his family and friends, and BBQ. That love for BBQ is exactly why his family has chosen this for our Memorial Cook-Off.

Although Ted sadly did not get to live out his dream and desire of getting to be a part of the Kansas Honor Flight, his family and loved ones have chosen this great organization as a way to commemorate Ted, and all veterans, by organizing this great fundraising event, the Ted Fitzmier Memorial Cook-Off.

The Kansas Honor Flight formed in 2012. This 501 (c) 3 non-profit is governed by a 7-member board of directors. Through the end of 2017, over 1,700 Kansas veterans who served our country during the WWII, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War eras have been provided this memorable trip to visit their Memorials in Washington, D.C. Flights occur in April, May, June, September, October, and November.

Events such as this help provide the funds to provide this trip, which is free to qualified veterans. No funding is received from federal, state, or local governments. Additionally, there are no paid employees, offices, vehicles, office equipment, etc. All arrangements and flight leaders are volunteers as well as all fundraising events across the state.

Ted was a proud veteran, and he had a great love for his brothers and sisters in the military and it showed. He would go out of his way to shake their hand and tell them Thank You. If he had a challenge coin in his pocket, he would hand it out. This event and the Kansas Honor Flight together is the perfect way to honor Ted Fitzmier. It combines both of his loves and passions.