Eat Chili for Lunch, Stay Warm All Afternoon

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Facilities Management and the Northwest Arkansas Plumbing School are celebrating National Apprenticeship Week by hosting the 4th annual Chili Cook-off.  

Lunch is served between 11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. Friday, Nov. 16 in the Facilities Carpenter Shop. For $5 you’ll get bowl of chili with or without a hot dog, fixin’s and a drink to cool your palate.

Everyone with a taste for chili – which is everyone, right? – is invited to come for lunch and then – for an extra donation to the United Way -- sample all the entries and vote for their favorite.

All proceeds go to the U of A United Way campaign.

The winner of the competition gets to keep the Chili Cook-off Trophy for a year, made by the craftsmen of the Facilities carpentry shop.

Contacts

Steve Voorhies, manager of media relations
University Relations
479-575-3583, voorhies@uark.edu

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