HOME Real Estate and Woods Bros Realty agents and staff helped to raise more than $2,000 during the fifth annual Soup or Chili Cook-off for Cancer held on February 26th in Lincoln.
The Chili Cook-Off raised $2,025 for the American Cancer Society through $1 voting beans. Voters were made up of HOME and Woods Bros agents and staff, along with staff from Nebraska Land Title and Abstract, HomeServices Lending, HomeServices of Nebraska Insurance and Larabee School of Real Estate.
This year the Celebrity Judge Award went to John Fink of the HOME Real Estate North office for his Smoked Turkey Chili. Celebrity judges were Channel 8 Eyewitness News Anchor Rod Fowler and Greta’s Gourmet Co-Founder Kevin Mandigo.
The People’s Choice Award (with the most beans) went to Jean Piontek and Paul DeVries of the Woods Bros Realty Wilderness Hills office for their Hardrock Baked Potato Soup.
The 2014 participants from HOME Real Estate were: John Fink, North office; Noel Herrington, Cotner office; Chefs Amy Birkholz and Shawndel Polivka and Soup Servers Mitzi Garthright and Jake Grasmick, Pine Lake; and Fran O’Leary, Pioneer Greens. The Woods Bros participants were: Allissa Troyer , Beatrice office; Amber Cross, Country Club Plaza office; Beth Scholz, Lincolnshire Square office; Jean Piontek and Paul DeVries, Wilderness Hills office. Connie Hain made her “Say Cheese-y Potato Soup” and hosted a photo booth for the Support Services office. More photos from the event can be viewed at http://tinyurl.com/2014-hsne-chili-cookoff.