Paulding, OH: The Paulding Chamber of Commerce held their annual cook-off at Branch Christian Fellowship on Friday, January 24th. The cold rain made it a perfect day for a hot bowl of chili. With 9 pots of chili to choose from the competition was steep. Participating organizations included State Bank, First Presbyterian Church, Paulding County EMA, WMEA Program, CoRP, Paulding United Methodist Church, First Federal Bank, Paulding Putnam Electric Co-op, and St. Paul Lutheran Church. With 64 votes the Paulding United Methodist Church claimed the traveling trophy for the first time, breaking the First Presbyterian’s two year winning streak! Coming in second with a close 61 votes was the WMEA Program.
All participating Chamber members and community members enjoyed each other’s company, tasted a lot of good chili and helped raise a little over $300 for the Paulding Chamber of Commerce. The money raised will be used to help the Chamber, serve its members with fun and new initiatives.
The Chamber appreciates all of the businesses and organizations that entered their chili, the Emmanuel Baptist Church for providing chili to-go, all of the volunteers who helped make the event successful, and to Branch Christian Fellowship for allowing the use of their basement. The Chamber looks forward to next year’s cook-off and the fun rivalry that comes with it!
