(Des Moines, IA ) -- If you can't wait for the Iowa State Fair to begin, this weekend you can have a little taste this weekend at the annual Corndog Kickoff.
Organized by the Iowa State Fair Blue Ribbon Foundation, it is the only annual fundraiser by the foundation to pay for renovations and preservation of the fairgrounds.
Corndog Kickoff Benefit Auction and Fair Food Grazing Party is Saturday, July 11. Learn more HERE.
Since 1993, the Blue Ribbon Foundation has raised more than 225 million dollars for fairgrounds improvements.
The fair runs August 13th to 23rd.
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