For nine years, chili for a cause has served up piping hot bowls of stick-to-your-bones chili and raised money
The event started eight years ago at the Hub on Ross and has grown ever since, said Charlene Peel, GrammaLink-Africa member and chili for a cause organizer.
“We made about around $2,500 that year, but every year we make a little bit more,” said Peel.
On Wednesday, the event was held at the Gaetz Memorial Church. Peel said they expected to feed more than 300 hungry people and raise about $8,000.
The money raised goes to the Stephen Lewis Foundation to combat the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Africa. GrammaLink-Africa are Red Deer and area grandmothers and “grandothers” that reach out to African grandmothers who are raising their grandchildren orphaned by HIV/AIDS
“Millions die from the pandemic, it’s not over,” said Peel. “We won’t rest until those Grandma’s can rest.”
mcrawford@reddeeradvocate.com
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