Chili cook-off in Norman will heat up at noon Friday
Proceeds to help Norman nonprofits

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Published: October 27, 2009

NORMAN — The Community Services Building Inc.’s 2009 Chili Cook-off begins at noon Friday and is expected to feature more than 20 types of chili, including three vegetarian entries.

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Community Services Building Inc. currently houses Aging Services Inc.; Among Friends Activity Center for Disabled Adults; Bethesda Inc.; Big Brothers Big Sisters; Center for Children and Families Inc.; Cleveland County Career Center — Oklahoma Employment Security Commission & STEPS Employment Services; Crossroads Youth and Family Services Head Start; Cleveland County Genealogical Library; Full Circle Adult Day Center; Meals on Wheels; National Alliance on Mental Illness; and The Compassionate Friends.

Judges will award prizes for "best nonprofit” and "best individual” chili. The Cleveland County Genealogical Society Library is the defending nonprofit champion and is finishing its one-year ownership of the traveling trophy.

An accompanying silent auction, from 10 a.m. to 12:45 p.m., will feature works by local artists. Gift baskets, certificates and crafts also will be available for bids, along with a "basketball package” with tickets to University of Oklahoma men’s basketball and Oklahoma City Thunder games.

Executive Director Becky Aguilar said proceeds from the cook-off will be combined with two corporate grants to buy a natural gas boiler for the 59,000-square-foot Community Services Building at 1183 E Main St., which houses 12 nonprofit agencies.

For more information, call 701-2009.