The “Golden Mack” is our July Burger of the Month in Red Deer

BEHOLD ๐Ÿ’ฅ our new JULY Red Deer Burger of the Month….
๐—ง๐—›๐—˜ ๐—š๐—ข๐—Ÿ๐——๐—˜๐—ก ๐— ๐—”๐—–๐—ž ๐Ÿฅ‡๐Ÿ”
created in collaboration with local guest chef Amber Mack!
It has two โœŒ๏ธ MSW Farms bison and beef smash patties, housemade saskatoon berry jam, jalapeรฑo jack cheese, peppered bacon, sambal peanut butter mousse, arugula, sunny side up fried egg, and an onion ring on a potato roll!
$2 of every burger sold goes directly to the Golden Circle Resource Centre ๐Ÿ’›
The Golden Circle is a vibrant hub for seniorsโ€™ to meet, build community and enjoy the company and support of their peers. Since 1977, the Centre has provided programs, activities, information, resources and outreach for older adults, their families and caregivers.
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Now available in our RED DEER ๐Ÿ“ location for the month of July!
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BEHOLD our July Burger of the Month for Lacombe!

BEHOLD ๐Ÿ’ฅ our new JULY Burger of the Month in Lacombe!
“๐“๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ ๐€๐ง๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐’๐ก๐ซ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Š๐ข๐ฆ๐œ๐ก๐ข” ๐Ÿค created in collaboration with local guest chef Mary Dallas!
A bakery fresh top-cut sub roll from Sobeys Lacombe, kimchi, korean bbq shrimp, nine spice aioli, Fresh Leaf Organic rainbow sprouts, sesame seeds and fresh cilantro ๐Ÿ’ฏ
$2 of every burger sold goes directly to the Lacombe FCSS P.A.S.S. Program ๐Ÿ’•
The P.A.S.S. program stands for PROGRAM ADMISSIONS SPORT SUBSIDY – The PASS program was initiated to help families facing financial hardship gain access to recreational activities offered in the City of Lacombe.
Some words from Mary on why she chose the FCSS PASS Program :
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“During COVID, we all heard a lot about the mental health impact on kids who couldn’t participate in regular sports and recreation activities. Unfortunately, kids not participating in sports and recreation activities outside of school is the norm for many low-income families. The PASS program subsidizes sports and recreation fees for children whose families otherwise could not afford these activities. We all know kids’ huge benefits when participating in out-of-school activities, whether sports or other recreation. Growing their confidence, building teamwork skills, and finding community, among so many others. Programs like PASS make these benefits more accessible to all kids! I am so proud to be able to support them as part of Cilantro & Chive’s Burger of the Month.”
โค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธ
Available in our Lacombe location for the month of July!
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These Kids are Cotton Candy Crushin’ it!

Monday morning we were fortunate to host JS McCormick’s Pre-K class on a fun outing to make their own custom Cotton Candy Crush! ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿญ
The AMAZING kids were able to kick it on our back patio and have fun with their little mad scientist creations! ๐Ÿค“๐Ÿ‘ง๐Ÿฝ๐Ÿง’
THANK YOU to the staff at JS for making this possible, we’re humbled to be able to do fun things like this again!
โค๏ธ๐Ÿงก๐Ÿ’›๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿ’™๐Ÿ’œ

It’s a Home Run giving back to the Gulls Give Foundation!

Nothing short of a grand slam in Red Deer in May as Sully of the Sylvan Lake Gulls stepped up to the plate as Burger of the Month Guest Chef!


The Sylvan Lake Gulls mascot hit it out of the park with the โ€œDugout Dogโ€! It included an Alberta beef smash patty, Alberta beef hotdog, toasted potato roll bun, house dill pickle dijon mustard, smoked ketchup, caramelized onions, shredded iceberg lettuce, spicy cheese sauce and peppered bacon! $2 from every burger sold is going directly to the Gulls Give Foundation. The Sylvan Lake Gulls are part of the Western Canadian Baseball League (WCBL). Graham and Jennifer Schetzsle introduced the Gulls Give Foundation right alongside the team in 2019, with a promise to make a difference, and return generosity in positive and meaningful ways by engaging with organizations who deliver programs supporting local vulnerable populations.

Graham and Jennifer say the same game principals utilized on the ball field apply to building community โ€œgreat communities and teams are built on the principals of teamwork. Our foundation was formed to create a community within a community, aiming to make a difference in vulnerable populations. Whether it big or small we aim to make a differenceโ€.

Thanks to your support of our beloved Burger of the Month Program Sully helped us hand over $1288 to the Gulls Give Foundation at Fridayโ€™s Gulls Game (Friday, June 10th). Thanks to the amazing support we see from our guestโ€™s month after month, we have had the opportunity to give back over $105,000 to local charities over the past 64 months!

THANK-YOU!

The June Burger of the Month in Red Deer is the โ€œStuffed BBQ Burgerโ€ created in collaboration with local Guest Chef Doug Anderson of Peavey Industries. It includes two smash elk patties, ground pork and caramelized onions, stuffed with mini Babybel cheese. Itโ€™s served on a toasted potato roll with roasted garlic aioli, Troubled Monk open road BBQ sauce, shredded lettuce, green pepper with jalapeรฑo jelly, and skewered with dill pickle spear! $2 of every burger sold goes to Doug’s charity of choice, the Parkinsonโ€™s Association of Alberta, Central Alberta chapter.

For more information contact:
Jennifer Schetzsle
Gulls Give Foundation
jen@sylvanlakegulls.com

 

Kim Kay
Cilantro and Chive
403.597.2127
kim@cilantroandchive.ca

 

Supporting Ponoka Elementary with Mini Egg Ice Cream Sandwiches!

We can confirm, people like mini eggs! And more importantly, supporting local schools!

Ponoka Elementary School is on the receiving end of funds from our most recent ice cream sandwich, the โ€œMini Eggโ€. Our School Ice Cream Sandwich Program sees our culinary teams at both of our restaurant locations dream up an ice cream sandwich with some punch every 3 months, and we select a local school to benefit from ice cream sandwich sales, kicking back $1 of every sandwich we sell in house to a program or project of the schoolโ€™s choice.

From March to May the โ€œMini Eggโ€ was served up at our Lacombe location. It included chocolate egg ice cream, salted chocolate and caramel cookies, chocolate sauce, whipped cream, and crushed mini eggs! Ponoka Elementary School has dedicated funds raised to upgrade and refresh their recess equipment! School Principal Nathan McEntee says soccer balls, frisbees, footballs, basketballs and skipping ropes are on their purchase wish list.


Our team was thrilled to work alongside students at the school in April for an on-site ice cream sandwich sale! These elementary kids busted hump to help us serve up more than 375 ice cream treats, raising some additional funds for the school. A BIG thank-you to school staff and families who supported those efforts! Today, (June 6th) we were thrilled to hand over a cheque to Ponoka Elementary School for $2222 which included $1504 raised from the on-site sale (weโ€™re happy to kick back FULL proceeds from that pre-order fundraiser)!


Our next Ice Cream Sandwich at our Lacombe location is the โ€œLavender Lemonade Ice Cream Sandwichโ€ it includes lemonade ice cream with a lavender ripple sandwiched between two shortbread cookies, fresh whipped cream, and a lavender caramel drizzle on top! $1 from every ice cream sandwich sold will go to St. Gregory The Great Catholic School in Blackfalds to offer opportunities for students to attend summer programming and extra curricular activities.

 

For more information contact:

Kim Kay
Community Relations
Cilantro and Chive
403.597.2127
kim@cilantroandchive.ca

 

Nathan McEntee
Principal
Ponoka Elementary
403.783.5441
Nathan.mcentee@wolfcreek.ab.ca

 

Torie Goings loves kids, and has helped give back in a big way!

Bagels are EVERYTHING, itโ€™s true!ย  Especially when thereโ€™s a burger nestled in-between and theyโ€™re helping to raise funds for a great local cause.

Torie Goings served as our May Burger of the Month Guest Chef in Lacombe, helping us create the โ€œBagel Burgerโ€.ย  It included a garlic butter grilled everything bagel, two Alberta beef smash patties each with a slice of provolone cheese, bacon mushroom ketchup, craft beer caramelized onions, over easy egg, sliced tomato, shredded iceberg lettuce picked with a cherry tomato!ย  $2 from every burger sold is going directly to Torieโ€™s cause of choice the Dragonfly Childrenโ€™s Healing Centre.

The Centre provides a spectrum of services to children and youth from Red Deer and Central Alberta who are experiencing trauma from domestic violence, homelessness, and suicide.ย  Using a collaborative approach, their goal is to give kids who have experienced potentially traumatizing events or patterns of events the opportunity to heal and develop healthy skills and behaviors.

Torie notes โ€œdragonflies represent hope, change and new beginnings and the Healing Centre gives children hope and a chance to heal, providing them the opportunity to grow into happy and healthy adults.ย  The positive ripple effect that is created in our communities by supporting our little ones and teaching them the coping skills to deal with trauma is really incredibleโ€.

Thanks to your support of our beloved Burger of the Month Program Torie helped us deliver $874 to the Dragonfly Childrenโ€™s Healing Centre today (Friday, June 3rd).ย  Thanks to the amazing support we see from our guests for our Burger of the Month program month after month, we have had the opportunity to give back over $105,000 to local charities over the past 64 months!ย  THANK-YOU!

The June Burger of the Month in Lacombe is the โ€œFiesta Grande Chicken Burgerโ€ย created in collaboration with local Guest Chef Austin Weaver.ย  It includes grilled marinated chicken breast with house-made pineapple chipotle tomato sauce, pepper jack cheese, crispy spiced tortilla strips, chunky avocado crema and skewered with a cherry tomato on toasted brioche bun!!ย  $2 from every burger sold goes directly to Austinโ€™s cause of choice Saving Grace Animal Society.

 

For more information contact:

 

Myles Peake

The Outreach Centre

403.347.2480

myles.peake@theoutreachcentre.org

 

Torie Goings

May Guest Chef Lacombe

403.789.4444

Laliquor@outlook.com

 

Kim Kay

Cilantro and Chive

403.597.2127

kim@cilantroandchive.ca

 

 

Local Guest Chef Torie Goings helped create the โ€œBagel Burgerโ€ which landed on our Lacombe menu for the month of May.ย  It included a garlic butter grilled everything bagel, two Alberta beef smash patties each with a slice of provolone cheese, bacon mushroom ketchup, craft beer caramelized onions, over easy egg, sliced tomato, shredded iceberg lettuce picked with a cherry tomato!ย  $2 from every burger sold is going directly to Torieโ€™s cause of choice the Dragonfly Childrenโ€™s Healing Centre.

 

To plant a seed is to believe in tomorrow.

โ€œTo plant a seed is to believe in tomorrowโ€
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The future sure looks bright for students at Normandeau School who will soon be planting their own seeds in a new greenhouse! We were thrilled to join the โ€œCome Grow With Usโ€ campaign serving up ice cream sandwiches to help with greenhouse fundraising efforts through our School Ice Cream Sandwich Program.

Every three months, the culinary teams at both of our restaurant locations create an out of this world ice cream sandwich and we select a local school to benefit from ice cream sandwich sales, kicking back $1 of every sandwich sold to a program or project of the schoolโ€™s choice.

The โ€œMonster Jamโ€ ice cream sandwich landed on our Red Deer menu from March through May. It included two monster cookies with Algonquin ice cream, green whipped cream and a Cadbury cream egg cracked over top! $1 from every ice cream sandwich sold is going towards a passive solar greenhouse, creating a living classroom for students to play in the dirt, develop practical life skills and new perspectives on food.

School Principal Lisa Spicer says construction will happen over the summer months with an unveil to students in the fall. She notes โ€œThrough strong curriculum connections and the use of STEM activities in a living classroom, students will build knowledge and skills about growing food and nutrition.โ€

Our team was thrilled to team up with students to help assemble and deliver ice cream sandwiches to the school population through a pop-up ice cream sandwich sale in April. High 5โ€™s all around to the parents that chipped in the cash to order these sweet lunch treats, affording us the opportunity to raise some additional funds for the school!

Today (June 3rd) we handed over a cheque to Normandeau School for $1181 which included $768 raised from the school lunch order (weโ€™re happy to kick back FULL lunch order proceeds)!

Our next Ice Cream Sandwich at our Red Deer location is the โ€œCherry Explosion Jolly Rancher” in support of Jessie Duncan Elementary School in Penhold. It includes cherry explosion ice cream with Jolly Rancher pieces, between two monster cookies and topped with whipped cream and crushed Jolly Rancher candy. $1 from every ice cream sandwich sold will go towards the purchase of new gym equipment and library books!

For more information contact:

Kim Kay

Community Relations

Cilantro and Chive

kim@cilantroandchive.ca

Lisa Spicer

Principal

Normandeau School

Lisa.spicer@rdpsd.ab.ca

Our new Lacombe Burger of the Month is an absolute Burger Fiesta!

BEHOLDย ๐Ÿ’ฅย our new June Burger of the Month for Lacombe!

The ๐…๐ˆ๐„๐’๐“๐€ ๐†๐‘๐€๐๐ƒ๐„ ๐‚๐‡๐ˆ๐‚๐Š๐„๐ ๐๐”๐‘๐†๐„๐‘ย ๐Ÿ…๐Ÿฅ‘ย created with guest chef Austin Weaver!

A grilled marinated chicken breast with house-made pineapple chipotle tomato sauce, pepper jack cheese, crispy spiced tortilla strips, chunky avocado crema and skewered with a cherry tomato on toasted brioche bunย ๐Ÿ’ฏ

$2 of every burger sold goes directly to Austin’s charity of choice, theย Saving Grace Animal Societyย ๐Ÿ’š

Some words from Austin on the choice of his local charity :
“A few years back, my wife and I adopted a cat from a local animal shelter when we lived in Penticton and it changed our lives. We’ve always had pets in both our families, but “Lulu” was different, she was as big as a football and had a character, unlike any other cat we’d ever had. She would “Mao” instead of “Meowing”, walk on a leash, and go on road trips with us, she was a big part of our time in the Okanagan.

Sadly our time with Lulu was short but the whole experience of adopting a Cat instead of a Kitten stayed with us and that is why we want to support Saving Grace with the funds raised from BOTM.”

Available in our LACOMBEย ๐Ÿ“ย location for the month of June!
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#SupportLocal
#BurgerOfTheMonth
#CilantroAndChive

Burger of the Month stuffed with cheese? Yes PLEASE!!

BEHOLD ๐Ÿ’ฅ our June Burger of the Month for Red Deer…

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The ๐™Ž๐™๐™๐™๐™๐™€๐˜ฟ ๐˜ฝ๐˜ฝ๐™Œ ๐˜ฝ๐™๐™๐™‚๐™€๐™ ๐Ÿ”๐Ÿง€ created with local guest chef Doug Anderson!

 

With two โœŒ๏ธ smash patties with MSW Farms ground elk, ground pork and caramelized onions, then stuffed with mini babybel cheese. Served on toasted potato roll with roasted garlic aioli, Troubled Monk open road bbq sauce, shredded lettuce, green pepper with jalapeรฑo jelly, skewered with dill pickle spear!

$2 of every burger sold goes to Doug’s charity of choice, the Parkinson Association of Alberta โค๏ธ

 

Available for DINE-IN or CURBSIDE PICK-UP for the month of June in our RED DEER ๐Ÿ“ location!

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#SupportLocal #BurgerOfTheMonth #CilantroAndChive

The Sylvan Lake Gulls Give back with us this May!

BEHOLD ๐Ÿ’ฅ our May Burger of the Month for Red Deer!
“๐——๐—จ๐—š๐—ข๐—จ๐—ง ๐——๐—ข๐—š” ๐Ÿ”๐ŸŒญโšพ
created in collaboration with local guest chef “Sully” of the Sylvan Lake Gulls!
Alberta beef smash patty, Alberta beef hotdog, toasted potato roll bun, house dill pickle dijon mustard, smoked ketchup, caramelized onions, shredded iceberg lettuce, spicy cheese sauce and peppered bacon!
๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿผ $2 from every burger sold goes directly to the Gulls Give Foundation โค๏ธ
From the beginning, the Sylvan Lake Gulls have promised to make a difference by embracing and supporting the vulnerable populations of our central Alberta communities. The inception of the Gulls Give Foundation, non profit charity, came hand in hand with the Gulls baseball team in 2019 introduced by Graham and Jennifer Schetzsle.
The Gulls Give Foundation has been created to return generosity in positive and meaningful ways, by engaging with organizations who are focused on delivering programs aimed at those most vulnerable in our communities.
“Great communities and teams are built on the principles of teamwork. Our foundation was formed to create a community within a community, aiming to make a difference in vulnerable populations. Whether it big or small we aim to make a difference.”
– Jennifer & Graham Schetzsle
โค๏ธ๐Ÿงก๐Ÿ’›๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿ’™๐Ÿ’œ
Available in our RED DEER ๐Ÿ“ location for the month of May!
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