2025 Imagination Bacon - Bacon Vendor Form

Imagination Bacon: Bacon & Brews for Books is a bacon & brew fest featuring local craft brew and wine samples alongside unique bacon-inspired appetizers! This year's event is on Friday, August 1st, 2025! Guests mingle, munch, and bid on auction items while enjoying live music! This year, live music will be provided by The Talbott Brothers! Attendees must be 21+ to attend, and the past two years this event has sold out! Each attendee will vote for their favorite bacon vendor to be the "Best Bacon Maker" and the winner of the beverage competition will house the traveling trophy for the following year!

All proceeds from this event benefit the Heartland United Way's Imagination Library program to mail one book a month to over 3000 enrolled children ages 0-5 in Hall, Hamilton, Howard, & Merrick Counties! Our goal is to ensure each child starts kindergarten with a library of their own!

If interested in making this event even more sizzling as a bacon vendor, we'd love to have you! Please complete the form below by July 1st to secure your spot on the event map!

If you have any questions, please contact Karly Behrendt at karly@heartlandunitedway.org, or call the Heartland United Way at 308-382-2675.

Business Name

Contact Name

Address

City/Town

State

ZIP/Postal Code

Direct Phone Number

Email Address

Requested Products: Please check the products you will need so Heartland United Way can have them available for you.

Cocktail Napkins

Plastic Spoons

Plastic Forks

Small Serving Plates

4 Ounce Portion Cups

Will you need an electrical outlet at your table?

yes

If you have specific amp service that you need, please email karly@heartlandunitedway.org.

Please check the boxes below to declare that you understand the following bacon maker vendor information.

I understand there is no event fee for my business to participate, however food prepared for this event is a donation and Heartland United Way will not provide my business with funds for participating.

A case of bacon, which is about 15 pounds, will be provided to each Bacon Maker Vendor to prepare 600 (2-4 ounce) bacon appetizers. All Bacon Bites must include Bacon!

The event is on Friday, August 1st, 2025. I understand I must be set up at the Heartland Events Center by 5:30 pm and stay to serve my appetizer until 9:00 pm.

Heartland United Way will provide three, 8 foot assigned tables. Tables will be covered and skirted for me, and I am encouraged to bring promotional materials and banners to hang at the event.

Disposable products that are requested in advance will be provided, but I need to bring something to the event that can organize and hold these requested items in.

Electrical Cords, Extension Cords, and power strips must be provided by vendors.

Vendors will be included in marketing and additional event advertising and closer to the date the Heartland United Way team will provide each vendor with the day of and set up details.

Vendors will receive up to 4 tickets for those working their booth to redeem for a tasting glass and meal (one ticket per tasting glass).

Logo Upload

Please upload the logo you would like our team to utilize for printed and digital marketing and promotional materials.

One file only.
200 MB limit.
Allowed types: gif, jpg, jpeg, png, bmp, eps, tif, pict, psd, txt, rtf, html, odf, pdf, doc, docx, ppt, pptx, xls, xlsx, xml, avi, mov, mp3, mp4, ogg, wav, bz2, dmg, gz, jar, rar, sit, svg, tar, zip.

Appetizer Description

What appetizer do you plan to serve? Please keep in mind we are asking each vendor to prepare 600 samples for this event, and each one must contain bacon in some shape/way (Thanks to generous sponsors, the bacon will be provided to you)!! If you don't know yet, no worries, we just ask that you email what you decide to karly@heartlandunitedway.org no later than July 15th.

Any other comments/items to note?