The Kansas City Masonic BBQ brings our community together to honor the veterans who served our country. Ivanhoe Masonic Lodge No. 446 hosts the event through East Gate Outreach Service, our 501(c)(3). The Masonic Home of Missouri’s Partnering to Honor program triples every dollar we raise. All of it goes to Honor Flight Network of Kansas City, which flies local veterans to Washington, D.C., free of charge, to see the memorials built in their honor. Our first event sent more than a dozen Kansas City veterans on that trip, and this year we’re working to send many more.