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Megan Daniels, left, and Kevin Tucker gather with their friends at the Chick-fil-A under the shade of the Chick-fil-A drive through ordering station. (SAUL YOUNG/NEWS SENTINEL)

Photo by Saul Young, copyright © 2012

Megan Daniels, left, and Kevin Tucker gather with their friends at the Chick-fil-A under the shade of the Chick-fil-A drive through ordering station. (SAUL YOUNG/NEWS SENTINEL)

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  • Elliana Seller, 4 hugs the Chick-fil-A cow mascot while posing for a photograph on Wednesday, May 16, 2012. (SAUL YOUNG/NEWS SENTINEL)
  • Megan Daniels, left, and Kevin Tucker gather with their friends at the Chick-fil-A under the shade of the Chick-fil-A drive through ordering station. (SAUL YOUNG/NEWS SENTINEL)
  • Barbara Rinehart plays with her grandson Jack Hale, 2, at the Chick-fil-A while camping out for the grand opening of the Chick-fil-A in Bearden. At right is Sheldon Hale. (SAUL YOUNG/NEWS SENTINEL)
  • During a raffle for 100 people to win Chick-fil-A for a year, Daniel Munson, left, was picked as an alternate to receive the prize if other winners decide to leave the Chick-fil-A premises. This would be his fourth grand opening he is participating in. (SAUL YOUNG/NEWS SENTINEL)
  • New Chick-fil-A employees, from left, Yasmin Murphy, Shannon Owens, Elle Henson, Iva Constantino, and Matia Goins meet introduce themselves to campers. They young women have been training all day in preparation of the opening of the new Bearden restaurant. (SAUL YOUNG/NEWS SENTINEL)
  • Les and Mary Lou Bailey are from Colorado Springs. They were visiting family in Kentucky and planned to attend the grand opening of the Chick-fil-A at Bearden in hopes of winning a year's meal. Mary Lou won the raffle limited to 100 people but her husband did not. (SAUL YOUNG/NEWS SENTINEL)
  • A group of youths play a game of fours square on the Chick-fil-A parking lot. (SAUL YOUNG/NEWS SENTINEL)
  • Chick-fil-A likes to keep campers like Daniel Jordan of North Carolina entertained with a game where he is asked to wear a shower cap of shaving cream which is used to catch cheese ball snacks. (SAUL YOUNG/NEWS SENTINEL)
  • Becca Jones watches a group of friends play corn hole to pass the time. She and a group of fellow college students arrived together in hopes of winning a year of Chick-fil-A combo meals. (SAUL YOUNG/NEWS SENTINEL)
  • Bearden resident Kate Coleman,9, stands near the Chick-fil-A drive through menu. Coleman is not a camper, but arrived with her mother to witness the festivities. (SAUL YOUNG/NEWS SENTINEL)
  • At nearly 2-years-old, Ellis Taylor finds himself camping out in a Chick-fil-A parking lot. He and seven other family members from Seymour are anticipating the opening of the Chick-fil-A restaurant in Bearden. (SAUL YOUNG/NEWS SENTINEL)
  • The sun sets on the Chick-fil-A campground at Bearden. (SAUL YOUNG/NEWS SENTINEL)
  • With less than eight hours to go, campers play a game of four square outside the Chick-fil-A at Bearden. (SAUL YOUNG/NEWS SENTINEL)
  • University of Tennessee graduate students Chris Gulvik, left, and Nene Ankrah prepare for bed. In a few hours they will receive a years worth of meals from Chick-fil-A. (SAUL YOUNG/NEWS SENTINEL)

More than 180 people arrived 24 hours before the grand opening of a new Chick-fil-A restaurant in Bearden. One hundred people were chosen by raffle to win a year's worth of food. Fifty-two vouchers will be awarded to each person who was chosen in the raffle. Some winners will keep the winnings for themselves, other will share it among their friends and family who camp overnight with them.

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