Pints, Puzzles & Pounds: Gil Taiber Scholarship Fundraiser
Schedule
Sat Oct 18 2025 at 05:00 pm to 10:00 pm
UTC-05:00Location
SingleSpeed Brewing Co. | Waterloo, IA

About this Event
Welcome to Pints, Puzzles, and Pounds: A Gil Taiber Scholarship Fundraiser! Join us at SingleSpeed Brewing Co. for a fun-filled evening of puzzles, drinks, food, live music, and raising pounds for a good cause.
Test your skills by completing a 300 piece puzzle, enjoy delicious pints of craft beer - and other non-alcoholic options, eat 3 lbs of chicken tendies & fries, and raise money for the Gil Taiber Scholarship Fund.
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The Gil Taiber Scholarship Fund honors Gil Taiber's life and legacy. At only 17 years old, Gil had a light about him most of us can only try to imagine having, yet he carried it with grace and humility. He was employed, working hard in school, and in the process of being recruited by colleges to play basketball, and was planning to study finance or accounting. The scholarship criteria emulates the hard work, dedication, and passion Gil had at the time of his death.
To carry on Gil’s legacy, this scholarship is available to students meeting the following criteria:
- Graduating seniors of Janesville High School (Janesville, IA), Cedar Falls High School (Cedar Falls, IA), Waterloo East High School (Waterloo, IA), Waterloo West High School (Waterloo, IA), and Waverly-Shell Rock High School (Waverly, IA).
- A grade point average of 3.85 or higher (based on a 4.0 scale).
- Work experience, with preference for students who maintained employment during the school year. Additional preference goes to students who have maintained employment for multiple years.
- Have on-going participation in athletics during high school.
- Preference goes to students who demonstrate financial need.
Financial gifts to the Gil Taiber Scholarship Fund with the Community Foundation of Northeast Iowa allows the Community Foundation to award financial assistance to students demonstrating academic and athletic excellence who are pursuing higher education. As the cost of tuition continues to rise, it is more important now than ever to diminish the barrier of affordability and allow students to focus on what is most important - their education.
Donations welcome anytime! Follow the link - https://www.cfneia.org/donations/giltaiberscholarship/ - top right, click GIVE NOW
Agenda
🕑: 04:00 PM - 04:45 PM
Check In
Info: Check in begins at 4:00 pm | You will let the check-in volunteers know what each team member's drink choices are. Each team member chooses two (2) to finish in order to win the game. BOOZE: Ring Around the Gose sour, Gable golden lager, Victory Dance tropical IPA, and Tip the Cow cocoa espresso milk stout | NA BEER: Run Wild IPA | SODA: Pepsi, Diet Pepsi, Starry | WATER: Bottled water
🕑: 05:00 PM - 06:00 PM
The Game
Info: Pints, Puzzles, and Pounds begins! The winning team will drink all eight (8) drinks, complete a 300 piece puzzle, and enjoy a few pounds of chicken tenders and fries. SABOTAGES will be opportunities throughout the game to slow other teams in hopes to gain an advantage for your team. Details will also be available on your table for reference during the game.
🕑: 06:30 PM - 09:30 PM
Live Music
Info: OPENER: Local Folk singer-songwriter Burke Wallace will start us off - https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61558799532614# Followed by HEADLINER: Flash in a Pan - an Iowa City based collective of Iowa musicians playing folk, bluegrass, old-time, and Americana https://www.facebook.com/flashinapanband/
Where is it happening?
SingleSpeed Brewing Co., 325 Commercial Street, Waterloo, United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
USD 172.57
