| Thanks to you, year 4 of Chili-n-Blankets was
the biggest success yet. We raised $535 dollars and were able
to buy 24 blankets, 48
pairs of socks, 120 bags of cheez-its, 12 sweatshirts and 70 lbs
of chili. We had plenty of spoons and lids left over from last
year and only
had
to buy a few cups... so each dollar went a little further this
year. All told, we were able to make 100 cups of chili @ around
10 thick oz's each. A real meal! |
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is what 70 lbs looks like. the brand name this time
is "Cattle Drive Chili" and had a charming little story
about cowboys, covered wagons, campfires and the wild
west on the back of the can. |
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back of the can also had a not so charming story about
grams of "fat per serving"... 14! |
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| jan
brought by some bonus sweatshirts. she even washed them
the night before so that they would smell good. |
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| a
friend of mine put us onto the idea of using these
big pans. we bought 10 of them from costco for $4.99 |
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| you
could heat up 15 lbs per pan |
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| here
is what the 24 packs look like. each pack contains
the following |
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 blanket |
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pair of socks |
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of cheez-its |
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| once
the chili was hot... it was assembly line time. kc
scooped, i wiped, jan put on lids and ryan put them
into the coolers. |
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| i
shot this from the back of the truck. Christmas day
was beautiful, but a little chilly @ 10 am. |
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| geddy
went along for the ride |
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| i
got to meet these guys along union avenue. i made everyone
look either ryan or myself in the eye and answer the
question... "what day is it?" |
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| everyone
knew. |
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street, just a little further down. |
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| as
you can see, the 12 oz cups were smokin' hot and all
just about filled to the rim |
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guy was my favorite... he and his
buddy were deaf and could only sign language. fortunately
jan was with
us and knew some signs. |
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he is saying "i love you" as we drive off. |
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| All in all
this was once again a huge success. Next year we will try and
back off on the total tonnage of chili and buy more blankets
instead... 70 lbs pretty much reaches the "all you can eat" level
when you
mix in all those chez-it's as well. |
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| To close i'd
like to share a story i heard from a lady we ran into @ Court
Square. Her name is Carol and when she came up she looked somewhat
familiar. As it turns out, Carol has been a part of the chili-n-blankets
deal for a couple
of years now and she went on and on about how thankful she was.
What really got my attention was when Carol looked me right in
the eye and desperately asked me to pray for her because she
is "really going thru some tough issues in her life" right now.
Deep down i was going "no kidding" but what i did was grab her
hand and say "i will" - and i have, and if you helped with all
this... so have you. |
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| Thank you,
Richard |
