TRAVERSE CITY, MI -- Thanks to Sunday’s summer-like weather, it was another big turnout for the NMC BBQ.
Organizers estimate that 9,690 people attended the afternoon cookout.
In their 56th year, organizers said their annual event still brings thousands of people to NMC's campus for an old-fashioned picnic and a chance to see their community college.
The late Gerald W. Oleson and his wife Frances, founders of Oleson’s Food Stores in Traverse City, started the annual fundraiser picnic in 1956. Oleson’s Food Stores continues to donate the food, and hundreds of volunteers turn out to make the event happen.
Organizers said today’s event served thousands of pounds of buffalo meat and coleslaw. There was enough food to feed 12,000 people.
