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Team Cone Ocala hosts Poker Tournament for St. Jude July 16th

Posted on July 6, 2022 by Mark DeNote

Fresh off the heels of their record fundraising for St. Jude Rib Sales, Team Cone’s Ocala Team is dealing the cards again to benefit St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital with their annual Poker Tournament!

When: July 16th

Where: Tallahassee Warehouse 3214 W. Tharpe Street, Tallahassee, FL 32303

Time: 1PM to ?

Games: Poker – number of tables will be determined by number of players

Food: YES we DO! Food will be available and the charity bar will be open!

We will also be hosting a raffle for St. Jude: Coolers, golf bags, and other prizes will be winnable!

HOW CAN I WIN?

Buy-in is $50 and additional chips cost $10.

Prizes will be awarded for High Hand, Cracked Aces, Final Table, Etc.

All proceeds go to the children and families of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

Team Cone’s Ocala Poker is open to the public for play! Bring friends and come ready to play! For more information, please call 352.732.4111, email info@conedist.com, or visit the Contact Us page of this site.

About St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
Families never receive a bill from St. Jude for treatment, travel, housing, or food – because all a family should worry about is helping their child live. Treatments invented at St. Jude have helped push the overall childhood cancer survival rate from 20% to more than 80% since it opened more than 50 years ago. St. Jude is working to drive the overall survival rate for childhood cancer to 90%, and we won’t stop until no child dies from cancer. St. Jude freely shares discoveries made, and every child saved at St. Jude means doctors and scientists worldwide can use that knowledge to save thousands more children.

About Cone Distributing
Founded by Douglas P. Cone, Jr. in 1985, Cone Distributing (Team Cone) began business with selling five brands of beer in four rural counties. Less than two years later, the company began expanding territory and suppliers and has not stopped since, building the largest geographic footprint in the state for a Florida beer distributor. Today Team Cone sells beer, wine, cider, spirits, and hard seltzers from over 40 suppliers in 22 Florida counties from a state-of-the-art facility in Ocala and a facility in Tallahassee. Cone Distributing’s goal is to operate a World Class company, distinguishing itself by doing the Right Thing the Right Way All the Time.

Team Cone Tallahassee hosts Bingo for St. Jude June 26th

Posted on June 17, 2022June 24, 2022 by Mark DeNote

UPDATE: TEAM CONE TALLAHASSEE BINGO POSTPONED UNTIL LATER DATE DUE TO HEAT.

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Fresh off the heels of their record fundraising for Tallahassee’s St. Jude Rib Sale, Team Cone’s Tallahassee Team is hosting an afternoon of Bingo on June 26th to benefit St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

When: RESCHEDULED – Date TBD

Where: Tallahassee Warehouse 3214 W. Tharpe Street, Tallahassee, FL 32303

Time: 1PM to 4PM

Games: 12 individual bingo games each with prize packages, including our final Super $200 Jackpot Game.

Food: YES we DO! Beer, Soda, Water, Hot Dogs, Hamburgers, Chips, Cookies. You will not leave hungry

Prizes given away include: 45 QT Coolers, Golf Bags, Corn Hole games, Roller Coolers, 20 qt Grizzly Coolers, 40 QT Coolers, Camping Chairs, Beach Chairs, Beer Neons and more.

HOW CAN I WIN?

Bingo Packages will be sold at the door so bring cash or checks (made out to St. Jude).

All proceeds go to the children and families of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

Packages for sale

$50 St. Jude Angel Package: 3 Bingo card to each of the 12 games, including the Super $200 Jackpot card

$20 St. Jude Hope Package: 3 Bingo cards to each of 4 games, eligible to purchase Super $200 Jackpot cards

Additional Add On: $5 Super Jackpot cards and $1 Single Game Cards.

Team Cone’s Tallahassee Bingo is open to the public for play. For more information, please call 850.576.4176, email info@conedist.com, or visit the Contact Us page of this site.

Team Cone donates over $70,000 for St. Jude in 2021

Posted on February 3, 2022February 3, 2022 by Mark DeNote

Ocala- and Tallahassee-based beer distributor Cone Distributing (Team Cone) combined forces with community members throughout the company’s 22-county footprint to give over $70,000 to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

In an especially challenging year, Team Cone set a goal to fundraise $30,000 for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. They exceeded their goal by over 100%.

“We knew we wanted to continue living out our Core Value of giving back with caring, but we knew with COVID concerns we also had to cancel indoor, in-person events,” says Steve Beckwith, Team Cone’s Vice President of Operations. “Our team, our suppliers, and our community came through huge for us in making another impactful donation to this amazing organization.”

2021 marks the 13th year that Team Cone has hosted events and community activities throughout the 22 counties they serve to make a large donation to the hospital. Team Cone’s business partners collect funds, make donations, or work to support the company’s annual drive for St. Jude. In those 13 years, Team Cone and their community have together raised $471,908 for the nonprofit hospital.

Planning and progress are already underway for Team Cone’s 2022 St. Jude fundraisers. The company’s goal this year is to continue their legacy of community contribution by continually giving back with caring.

About Saint Jude Children’s Research Hospital
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, founded by the late entertainer Danny Thomas, is one of the world’s premier centers for the research and treatment of pediatric cancer and other catastrophic childhood diseases. Children from all 50 states and from around the world have come through the doors of St. Jude for treatment, and thousands more around the world have benefited from the research conducted at St. Jude – research that is shared freely with the global medical community. No family ever pays St. Jude for anything.

About Cone Distributing
Founded by Douglas P. Cone, Jr. in 1985, Cone Distributing (Team Cone) began business with selling five brands of beer in four rural counties. The company expanded territory and suppliers and has not stopped since, building the largest geographic footprint in the state for a Florida beer distributor. Today Team Cone sells beer from over 40 suppliers in 22 Florida counties from a state-of-the-art facility in Ocala and a facility in Tallahassee. Cone Distributing’s goal is to operate a World Class company, distinguishing itself by doing the Right Thing the Right Way All the Time.

Team Cone Tallahassee Fall Rib Sale raises over $9,000 for St. Jude

Posted on October 20, 2021 by Mark DeNote

Team Cone Ocala Fall Rib Sale raises over $11,000 for St. Jude

Team Cone is excited and proud to announce that our Tallahassee Team’s Fall Rib Sale earned $9,665, all of which will be added to the company’s 2021 donation to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital! The Tallahassee

“This was definitely the best rib sale fundraiser yet! We’re glad to double last year’s total and help St. Jude,” says Kenny Kinsey, Team Cone Area Sales Manager and organizer of the Tallahassee Fall Rib Sale. “We couldn’t have had such a great event without all of the fine teammates who helped: Kyle Barnes, Chris Yates, Mike Faulkner, Teddy Brown, and Steve Beckwith.” Kenny is ready to begin planning 2022’s Rib Sales, hoping to continue to make a difference and help Team Cone with their St. Jude donation.

After the Tallahassee Rib Sale, Team Cone has collected over $34,000 to donate to St. Jude in 2021, and the company still has two events remaining for the year – the Tallahassee Bingo Tournament on November 7th and the Ocala Golf Tournament on December 12th.

2021 marks the thirteenth year that Team Cone has hosted events and community activities throughout the 22 counties they serve to make a large donation to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. The goal in 2021 is to continue the company’s legacy of community contribution by following their core value of continually “giving back with caring.”

About St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
Families never receive a bill from St. Jude for treatment, travel, housing or food – because all a family should worry about is helping their child live. Treatments invented at St. Jude have helped push the overall childhood cancer survival rate from 20% to more than 80% since it opened more than 50 years ago. St. Jude is working to drive the overall survival rate for childhood cancer to 90%, and we won’t stop until no child dies from cancer. St. Jude freely shares discoveries made, and every child saved at St. Jude means doctors and scientists worldwide can use that knowledge to save thousands more children.

About Cone Distributing
Founded by Douglas P. Cone, Jr. in 1985, Cone Distributing (Team Cone) began doing business by selling five brands of beer in four rural counties. Two years later, the company began expanding and has not stopped since, building the largest geographic footprint in Florida for a beer distributor. Today Team Cone sells beer from over 40 suppliers in 22 counties from a state-of-the-art facility in Ocala and a warehouse in Tallahassee. Cone Distributing’s goal is to operate a World Class company, distinguishing itself by doing the Right Thing the Right Way All the Time.

Summer Driving Tips from our CDL Trainer and Safety Officer

Posted on July 20, 2020June 2, 2022 by Mark DeNote

June is National Safety Month and just in time for summer, our Corporate Safety Officer and CDL Trainer Dan Yero is back to give us some timely traffic tips. Any one of these items could have a significant impact on drivers of large commercial vehicles. Here are five items to keep in mind for your vehicle in the Florida summer:

Be vigilant with your driving. Children are out of school for the summer and have free time on their hands. Drive with caution, especially around residential and retail areas where children could be playing at any time of the day.

Be vigilant about your vehicle, especially the coolant levels. When you inspect your vehicle before a trip or if you suspect a problem, make sure your coolant levels are where they need to be to prevent overheating and causing a breakdown situation.

The roads are hot, and this could affect your tires. Make sure that your tires have the proper inflation levels to avoid blowouts and the proper tread depth to avoid hydroplaning. Remember that you should have at least 4/32 of an inch of tread depth on steering tires and 2/32 of an inch of depth on other tires.

Beware of low-hanging tree limbs. Summer storms or even showers can saturate branches and cause tree limbs to hang lower than normal. A limb that was always taller than the truck could at any time be too small to clear. Summer brings wind and rain, and that affects tree limbs, too. Summer storms knock down limbs and throw them around. Tree limbs can prove troublesome on the side of the road or obstructing the road after a storm. Vehicular impact with tree debris could cause damage to your vehicle, damage to your tires, loss of control, or injury to the driver.

Watch for puddles in your path. Even the RMS Titanic may not have thought much about the iceberg until after impact. There is no telling how deep a puddle truly is from a distance, and the results can be unpleasant. The same puddle that was shallow yesterday could have expanded after numerous vehicles have passed over it. Use caution around water, especially at highway speeds.

An alert driver is prepared for the road ahead and has the best chance to avoid obstacles. Please drive carefully, no matter the vehicle that you operate and that includes no distracted driving. Remember that safety is no accident.