The smell of barbecue chicken wafts through the summer air. It’s a smell that creates memories and brings them back for residents at Newby Management communities. For the residents, it’s about more than a BBQ, it’s a time to connect with friends, to relax and to enjoy their community.
For the Newby Management corporate team, the Summer BBQ’s are about living out one of the company’s core values: Servanthood. It states: “With Jesus as our example, we will strive to graciously serve our customers, investors, and fellow team members to the highest level possible. Each of us agrees to be accountable to a higher authority.”
Each summer, team members from the corporate office travel across the state with a grill in tow to
serve up grilled chicken, potato salad, beans, dinner roll and a large cake. Themes create a fun and exciting atmosphere, different years have featured fiestas, the 70s and more!
As you can imagine, a lot of logistics go into a BBQ for an entire community! In some larger communities, our team may cook over 400 pieces of chicken. This means we start at dawn and turn the grill four times!
You definitely won’t go away hungry from one of our shindigs either. We give very specific instructions to local butchers on how to quarter the chicken so each serving is huge. That’s right! We not only serve big pieces of chicken, but we also use local butchers near the community we’re serving.
When a resident comes through our line, they can be assured that we temp tested the chicken before it leaves the grill, so we can be sure it’s cooked thoroughly. Then comes the fun part: deciding whether you want light or dark meat. Delicious! You can get a piece plain or drenched in Sweet Baby Ray’s BBQ Sauce.
We love summertime because it means an opportunity to serve our residents and give back to our communities with a good old-fashioned southern BBQ. To our team, these are times of great fellowship and fun. They are a time to create new memories and reflect on past memories. They are a time to remind our residents that we are on their side. And of course, we can’t forget the delicious food!
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