1st Annual ChiliFest!
1st Annual ChiliFest! an overwhelming success!!!
An
estimated 1,000 people were in attendance at Mankato's Morson-Ario VFW
Post 2713 on Saturday, November 22nd, as 21 teams of area police, fire,
EMS and other public safety and community groups faced off against each
other in other cooking up their best batches of chili! Hungry
attendees gulped down over 100 gallons of chili!
The event was
sponsored by the
Mankato Department of Public Safety and
Radio Mankato.
In all, over $8,000 was
raised to benefit Minnesota Rett
Syndrome Research Association, and the
Mankato
Veteran's Memorial Place!
The Teams:
- Mankato Fire Department
- Belle Plaine Fire Department
- Minnesota Rett Syndrome Research Association (2 Teams!)
- Blue Earth County Sheriff/Mankato Department of Public Safety Shared Records Divsion
- Morson-Ario
- Gold Cross Ambulance
- North Mankato Fire Department
- Madison Lake Fire Department
- Mankato Police Detective Commander Matt DuRose
- Retired Mankato Police Commander Chuck Vokal and Police Commander Amy Vokal
- Mankato Police Officer Doug Frericks
- Mankato Wing Civil Air Patrol - Chuck Otto
- Mankato Director of Public Safety Jerry Huettl
- Blue Earth County Sherriff's Office - Lt. Jeff Wersal
- Blue Earth County Sherriff's Office - Lt. Tim Mohr
- Blue Earth County Sherriff's Office - Lt. Dave Karge
- Mankato Police Officer Justin Neumann and family
- Blue Earth County Sheriff's Office Dispatch
- Nathan Harrington, KEYC-TV & KDOG Radio personality
- Mankato Police Part-time unit
Thank you to our Celebrity Judges!
Jennifer
Hudspeth
former Miss Mankato and 2007 Miss Minnesota.
Current KEYC reporter.
Pete
Steiner
News Director KTOE
Mark
Piepho
Owner Piepho Moving and Storage
and Blue Earth County Commissioner
Thank you to the event sponsors!
