Ten years of who can eat spaghetti the fastest.
That is what Boston Pizza Drumheller celebrated on Wednesday night as they hosted their annual spaghetti eating contest.
The annual event raises money to help fund community projects. All of the money raised stays within Drumheller, and this year the money went to the breakfast programs at both St. Anthony’s and Greentree schools. Over the past nine years, the contest has raised over $23,000 for not only the breakfast programs but also for The Salvation Army Christmas Hamper program, and Coats for Kids, organizer Melanie Mazereeuw said.
This year $2,471.15 was raised and will be split in half for each school. Hayden Jones raised the most money, $610, out of all the participants.
In the kids category, Nikolas Bonneau finished first eating his plate of spaghetti in 33.66 seconds.
There were no participants in the teen category, except Jordan Armstrong who was moved to the men’s category and tied with Shaun Daley finishing their plates of spaghetti in 2:30.21 minutes. Kadena Pierce went home with the fastest eater in the women’s category eating in 1:17.45 minute.
“Dinner was served and we raised just over $2400 for this year alone and I am very, very happy with that result,” Mazereeuw said.
“We are a small community and it just seems that no matter what happens, or what is going on in the elsewhere, we rally together and I just love that about our community,” she said.
Mazereeuw said the 10th anniversary also broke a record for the contest in the kids category.
“That is a record breaker this year, 33.66 seconds in our kids category. It gets faster every year, I don’t know how they do it but it makes it in (them) somehow,” she said.
The contest will remain in June, Mazereeuw said, to ensure each of the breakfast programs have funds for the following September.
