This Movember I’ve decided to donate my face to raising awareness about cancers that affect men. My commitment is the growth of a moustache for the entire month of Movember, which I know will generate conversation, controversy and laughter.
I’m doing this because:
· 1 in 2 men will be diagnosed with cancer in his lifetime
· 1 in 6 men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer during his lifetime
This is a cause that I feel passionately about and I’m asking you to support my efforts by making a donation to support the great work of the Prostate Cancer Foundation and LIVESTRONG. To help, you can either:
- Click this link http://us.movember.com/mospace/1257078/ and donate online using your credit card or PayPal account
- Write a check payable to Movember, referencing my name or Registration Number 1257078 and mailing it to: Movember, PO Box 2726, Venice, CA 90294-2726
The money raised will help make a tangible difference to the lives of others, through the world’s most promising prostate cancer research and LIVESTRONG’s programs that support young adults and their families battling and surviving cancer.
Feels like I never quite know how to adequately say thank you to those who have served in such a profound way. Willing to make the ultimate sacrifice. I guess God knows how to put it into words better than I do. John 15:13 somehow puts it into perspective for me: “Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.”
His friends. I can’t help but think of this as I walked through the memorials in Washington DC a few weeks ago. I was there supporting my significant other, she ran in the Marine Corps Marathon. Her first. Fitting to give her first effort to those willing to give us their best.
As she ran….she was among thousands like her who had come to show their appreciation by running but she also ran alongside Marines, Rangers,Navy men and women…. friends. The energy there was amazing, the sites we witnessed were moving. At one point she was running by a Marine who had lost both legs and one arm. He was using only one arm to propel a modified bike his 26.2 miles. This man wasn’t alone. He had 4 of his fellow Marines running along side him, there to ensure he had the encouragement and support to go the distance. He wasn’t alone. They were dressed out in full gear, packs and all. Attached to the top of their packs…..his prosthetic limbs.
She stopped and cried at the sight. I can only imagine his story.
It sounds so trite given what they do for us daily. But today of all days we need to….Stop. Cry. Celebrate. And say Thank You.
From the Heffys Family….THANK YOU to all our Veterans and Military!
Back in April, Jason Drumright and his wife Mindy, two Heffys partners finished Dave Ramsey’s Financial Peace classes. It was a life changer for them.
I was a little shocked honestly, not that these two were that far off track at all, but what they learned and changed made it possible for some noticeable & sweet impact on their financial standing. So I joined them.
My brother and I decided to take the class together, we started 5 weeks ago and are having fun wrestling with a budget, spending habits, attacking debt among other things. It’s been fantastic to take a harder look at my finances, I thought I had a really good handle on them but it’s been a great challenge to do more.
Dave’s teaches about freeing up money so that you can give freely, what a great simple message and it’s very biblical. We are all about that at Heffys. So Jason and I decided to attend the simulcast of EntreLeadership last week, with more than 15,000 attendees across the US it was a great way to see Dave’s advice on how to run a more financially responsible business. I have to say it was just what I needed.
We don’t aim to be the largest BBQ sauce business in the world, just one of the best. We want to be known just as much for our philanthropy as we are for making great sauce. To do that we have to make great financial decisions, just like we do at home. We don’t always do it right but we have to keep working for it.
Thanks to Jason and Mindy for leading the way…and for Dave for giving some tools for us to follow.
Heffys finds financing back home. American helping American….pursuing a dream, like something out of the movie It’s a Wonderful Life.
It takes money to run a business, we’ve all heard it said in one way or another right?! Well it’s true. As Heffys has grown, thanks to fantastic fans who appreciate our premium Kansas City made sauces that are lovingly hand labeled by Special Olympic Athletes, the need for some dough to help finance our growth has come along with it.
Enter the problem….banking these days is in an “interesting” spot. But being the optimistic guys we are we thought it wouldn’t be too hard for a good banker to see how sweet of an investment we are. I mean we (the American public) bailed the banks out to help spur business growth right?!
It was frustrating to experince first hand a rather large issue keeping our economy from healing, the inability or unwillingness of some banks to help small business. Kind of felt like we were up against Mr. Potter in the movie. You remember that crotchety old guy, only bent on making lots of money for himself. But as it stands we found that America still has heart.
Inman Kansas is about 20 minutes from Moundridge, Kansas. Why the geography lesson you ask? Well our Heffys BBQ award winning original recipe was born out there in the Kansas Prairie’s of Inman Kansas. We’re proud of that, although we are made just up the road in Kansas City these days. We make it a point to remember where we came from.
Lots of folks in Inman remember the family too. Larry the banker knows Phil, the dad of Jeff, one of our founders. See we are already at 3 degrees of separation and it only gets better. Phil and Larry were talking about the financing needs facing Jeff and Heffys BBQ Co. Larry pipes up and says “I’d love to step in and help, we’ve done business with your family for years. Let’s get them what they need”. And just like that a neighbor helps a neighbor striving for a dream. That’s as American as it gets! For us it really was something right out of the movie It’s a Wonderful Life (happens to be one of our CEO’s favs).
Larry and Phil, thanks for proving to us that the American dream is still alive and well. We’ll travel to Inman anytime you need us, cause that’s what neighbors do for each other.
So Heffys BBQ Co. turned 4 years old this weekend. We have had a blast the last 4 years building a little BBQ sauce business into a little bit bigger BBQ sauce business, thanks to loyal fans.
Fans like Erik W. (aka E-Dub)
Erik has been with us since the beginning, he is a Heffys Fan, he gives us his opinion whether we want it or not. We love him for it.
A few weeks ago he shot us a note about our outrageous shipping prices, he was like “I don’t have Heffys in my house because of how much it costs to ship it to me”.
We have learned a lot the last 4 years….one thing for sure is to listen close our fans.
We also know if would be more convenient for Erik and his fantastic wife Stacey to buy us at their local store which is why we invented the I LOVE HEFFYS program. But still we wondered if we could do better with our shipping prices. So we went to work, took a look at our current shipping policies & providers, and tightened down some screws where we could and after much sweat and plenty of empty beer cans we came up with the “E-Dub” shipping method.
So in honor of Erik and our 4th birthday, we are officially launching the “E-Dub” (our nickname for Erik W.) shipping policy. It’s super simple….$4.95 flat rate shipping on up to 12 items.
Buy 2 bottles = $4.95 Shipping
Buy 12 bottles = $4.95 Shipping
Any combination of 12 items is one flat rate to ship!
Pretty sweet huh?! We think so, but don’t thank us, thank Erik!
Wanna be as cool as him, drop us a line and talk to us.
Do you ever wonder why sometimes that drink you order doesn’t taste the same every time, or the cake you make comes out just a little different? You know why, because chances are the same person didn’t make it or they used a little more of this or that in the process. Maybe they have never even tasted the drink they are making for you!
At Heffys we do our level best to make sure that every batch of Heffys BBQ Co Sauce is perfect. So our CEO TASTES EVERY BATCH we make. That’s a lot of sauce but hey, we love it that much. Do you think KC Masterpiece’s CEO does that? Hmmm…we doubt it very much.
Ever heard the term, measure twice, cut once. Well we take that pretty seriously at Heffys. It’s called batching, we measure out every ingredient before we even think about firing up the kettles to cook up delicious BBQ sauce.
Check out the process a bit closer, if you lean in you can almost smell it
UPDATE: Sadly, all good things must come to an end. Thanks to everyone that joined in on sharing the Heffys Love…we are STILL processing some of the orders!!! I have a feeling we’ll be running this one again, so make sure you are signed up for our email list to be sure you get notified of our latest promotions:http://heffys.com/contact.php
We love HEFFYS.
We know that many of you love Heffys too.
So its simple, we want you to share the love.
Here is the deal:
-Order two of your favorite bottles of Heffys between Feb. 17 and Feb. 28th
-Pinky swear that you will share the love with your best friend, mom, dad or whoever needs some Heffys LOVE
-Use the coupon code GOGO10 at checkout and just like magic, one of those bottles will be…FREE
So join us in spreading a lot of love, and make yourself a hero to your buddy, grandma, sister or even the guy down the road who you keep borrowing stuff from. We really don’t mind who you share it with…but you do have to share (trust us you will love being the hero)!
This Movember I’ve decided to donate my face to raising awareness about cancers that affect men. My commitment is the growth of a moustache for the entire month of Movember, which I know will generate conversation, controversy and laughter.
