MEMBER NEWS
L.B. Wings Helps Basketball Team
Reach Championship During Hardship
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L.B. Wings employees at the Cambridge, Ohio, location for an
EWRF event wearing Colon Cancer Awareness T-shirts benefiting
the John Glenn High School Colon Cancer Awareness Night.
L.B. Wings employees at the Zanesville, Ohio, location for an
EWRF event wearing Colon Cancer Awareness T-shirts benefiting
the John Glenn High School Colon Cancer Awareness Night.
ohn Glenn High School (JGHS), located in New Concord,
Ohio, is situated directly between two of L.B. Wings,
LLC’s Ohio-area restaurants. Appropriately, an organic partnership between the two organizations crystallized over the
past few months as L.B. Wings saw a team in need that, in
turn, rose to the occasion to become Ohio’s state championship winner. The school’s basketball team, The Muskies, was
crowned Division II state champ Saturday, March 19, beating
Lebron James’ high school alma mater, Akron’s St. VincentSt. Mary. They finished the season with a 28-1 record.
L.B. Wings worked closely with the team all season by
hosting and helping with several Eat Wings Raise Funds
events for Athletic Director Dan Adams, who was fighting
colon cancer. Sadly, Adams eventually succumbed to the
disease and passed away a few weeks before the state
championship tournament. Despite the tragedy, Buffalo Wild
Wings® was diligent in their efforts to remain close with the
team to help in any way it needed during this difficult time.
B-Dubs® also participated in a pep rally for the team the
Tuesday before their Final Four championship round, where
even Blazin’ Bill made a special guest appearance to provide
some moves on the court to the delight of the audience. L.B.
Wings sponsored free T-shirts sporting the BWW logo for
the team, which were given out to the first 500 fans who got
into the regional game. According to L.B. Wings staff, the
shirts are still seen “everywhere” in the community to this
day. However, Buffalo Wild Wings did not stop there with
its active sponsorship of the team and fed the coaches the
Tuesday before the Final Four championship games. Through
their robust efforts over the season, L.B. Wings donated more
than $2,200 to the team from the two fundraising events.
“It was a great accomplishment for the team and
amazing for the community. We were so happy to be able to
be a part of it all,” said franchisee Bob Sparks. S
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Blazin’ Bill made an appearance
to the JGHS Pep rally before the
team’s Final Four appearance.