Boardwalk BBq is the annual spring fundraiser for the Friends of Tri-Valley Foundation. The event includes a dinner, silent, stretch, and live auctions, and door prizes. All funds raised during the evening goes to provide housing as well as aid in the delivery of services, such as residential, vocational, life enrichment, and horticultural therapy to individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities residing in the Southeast Kansas counties of Allen, Bourbon, Chautauqua, Elk, Greenwood, Neosho, Wilson, and Woodson.