Worth it, if it gets people involved with the museum.  We have a successful
"Celebration of the Old-Fashioned Home Baked Pie" each fall (natural
ingredients only) that nets around $1,000 but in its third year has become a
community fixture.  This spring we organized a plant exchange and sale --
gardeners love to share their perennials and talk about them, especially
when they are unusual to the region.  The local Rotary has a bean luncheon
as a fundraiser (Pinto beans and cornbread) that is also successful.  No
health problems yet.
Ross Weeks Jr.
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From: Bridget Jones <[log in to unmask]>

> This is a bit off the normal discussion on the list here, but has anyone
> dealt with a chili cookoff as a fund raiser?...Our support group is
> interested in hosting one this year as a fund raiser and community
> get-together (we definitely can use all the community interest we can
get).
> This will not be a sanctioned event or anything elaborate, but hopefully a
> fun time for the whole community.  Any ideas of how in this day an age of
> safety issues to go about tastings and sponsoring of such a critter?
> If you have had this experience, good or bad, let me know your thoughts.

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