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THANKS to all who helped make the 22nd Annual Heart of America Chili Challenge a Success!
The St. Joseph area community rallied together on March 2 for another successful Chili Challenge, bringing in an all-time high total over $60,000.
All 59 chili booths were full of contestants brewing special recipes. The spicy-good aroma of chilis greeted crowds of big and little people eager to taste as many chilis as their stomachs could handle. Participants and people from the public enjoyed the live music of Saturation Point while they visited with friends, bid on items in silent and online auctions, and supported their favorite chili teams.
All event proceeds will help UCP of Northwest Missouri provide services for children and adults with disabilities.
Business Sponsors for this year’s event were: St. Joe Beverage, Miller Lite, Green Hills, Kovacs, Sam’s Club, Commerce Bank, Johnson Controls, Nodaway Valley Bank, American Family Insurance, Biozyme Incorporated, Boehringer Ingelheim, CBIZ Insurance Services, Evans Pediatric Clinic, P.C., Heartland Health, Hillyard, Knights of Columbus, Kohl’s, Kovacs, M&I Bank, Merry Maids, Nestle Purina, Qwik Lube’n Oil, Randolph Medical, St. Joe Urgent Care, St. Joseph News-Press, St. Joseph-East Rotary Club, Terrible’s St. Joe Frontier Casino, W.M. Grace Companies, JeTawn Inc., RKing Marketing, Inc., 1st Street Graphics, Cablevision Advertising, KFEQ News/Talk/Farm 680, K-JO 105, KQ2 News, Oldies 1550, QCountry 92.7 FM.
UCP thanks everyone who made this year’s event a success: auction donors, chili teams, individual contributors, the public, sponsors, vendors, volunteers . . . everyone who took part in any way. Thank you!
NOW: Mark your calendars for Sunday, March 1, 2009 for the 23rd Annual Heart of America Chili Challenge.
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