Is anyone interested in a starting us a Chili for Charity team? I understand they waived the $35 fee this year and I think it could give us some good exposure. (There is also a booth decoration contest if we want to get all makery
CHILI FOR CHARITY: Chili For Charity is for nonāprofit organizations
looking to win cash and gain exposure for their cause. This is the only
category allowed to hand out promotional materials.
Stakes are high because the winning team gets a $1,000 donation to their
charity (and boasting rights for a year).
Teams that enter the Chili For Charity category are not eligible for Sharon
Sawyerās Peoplesā Choice but are automatically entered in the Cecille
Kallenbergerās Team Spirit, Best Booth, and Grand Champion competitions
like all the other teams. More about that below so keep readinā.
Chili in this category can be prepared in advance and brought to the Chili
Cookoff so long as it meets healthācode requirements.
Nonāprofits are free to enter any other category but entries in other
categories must meet all of the requirements for that categoryālike cooking
their chili on site like everybody else.
Chili in this category is submitted to the Judging Area in 32 oz. cups just like
other categories.
This sounds fun. You can use my commercial kitchen if you want to prepare the chili ahead of time. Iād contribute some money toward ingredients, too.
Ratsā¦ that is awkward timing. Do we have anyone who wants to help out in this way? I sure do think it would be a good press for us. I know we must have a master chili maker in this crowdā¦
I am a new member but would be willing to make the chili. I have a recipe that has won a few competitions. I am not much on decorating a booth but can supply the chili.
Cool. That sounds great. I will get the paperwork started.
Since we are a charity, we have the option to cook the chili ahead of timeā¦ or we can cook it at the event
Ladeana, do we have any plans for decorating our booth? I thought it might be good if each team lead could provide something made in their space that could be displayed. Do we have enough brochures to hand out? Are there other members that would be able to help work the booth? Set up starts at 6am on the 22nd and they ask that the booths stay up until 3:30. Last question did you get the form filled out for participating?
I have attempted to put in our paperwork for participating. Unfortunately, it doesnāt seem to want to submit. (I suspect the $0 amount is causing it some issuesā¦ so I have an email in to the Wagonmasters to see what to do about that.)
I will see if I can get some examples from each area. Very good idea. I also want to check and see if i need to haul a table to the place or what the normal āboothā would look like there.
I have some brochures in the back of my car with a nice little stand for them that Kim made on the laser cutter. I will grab a few extra from the space as well. (Last I looked we had a ton of themā¦ but that could change )
We sure could use some help manning the booth to talk to people about MakeICT. It is a pretty easy job. I can stay the whole time if needs beā¦ but I really could use some helpā¦ anyone have time to help me???
Even a few hours would work.
6am - 8am
8am-10am
10am-noon
noon-2:00pm
2:00pm-4:00pm
Folks,
Pick a couple of hours to tell people how much you enjoy MakeICT, run and grab yourself some chili and enjoy the festivities. This should be super fun and it could net us a few people to help support our new building.
I will also ask Kim to put this on the volunteer signup list.
Open streets is 12:00-4:00pm on the 23rdā¦ so spend a couple of hours at each and still have time to check out the advanced learning library and do your laundryā¦lol
I saw we have a banner in the storage room. Will we be able to use it for the chili booth? Also do we have a canopy? I was thinking I could pick up everything the night before the cook off and load it into my pickup so we would not have to get around so early on Saturday the 22nd if that is okay. They want the booth up and ready no later than 9 am and will close the street to traffic by 8 am. I will lock the truck in the garage overnight so everything would be secure.
MakeICT has a canopy that is bigger, but super hard to put up. I just ordered one for my backyard that is 10x10 and is supposed to be easy setup. It arrives today. I will verify it is and then we can put it in your pickup. We can grab some of the folding tables from MakeICT, but we probably want to make sure they are back by Sunday at noon since they might be needed at open streets. I will check with Barb this morning that the Banner can be used.
