Woods Bros Realty, HOME Real Estate Team Up for 8th Annual Chili Cookoff for Cancer

HOME Real Estate (www.HomeRealEstate.com) and Woods Bros Realty (www.WoodsBros.com) teamed up for their 8th annual Soup or Chili Cook-off for Cancer on Mar. 8.

The event featured a variety of soup and chili entries, plus cinnamon rolls and other treats. HOME and Woods Bros agents and staff voted for their favorite soup or chili with $1 voting beans, with the winner receiving the People’s Choice Award. All proceeds go to the local American Cancer Society; the group has raised more than $16,000 in $1 voting “beans” to date. There’s also a Judges’ Choice Award given by guest judges. Celebrity judges this year were: KFRX Program Director and Morning Show Host Matt McKay, Channel 8 Eyewitness News Anchor Rod Fowler, and Lazlo’s and Fireworks Owner Jay Jarvis.

The 2017 soup and chili participants were: Katy Manning and Ian Gilgallon of HOME Real Estate; Ty Potter, Woods Bros Realty Lincolnshire office; Anna Spataro, Woods Bros Realty Country Club office; Dede Mau, Woods Bros Realty Wilderness Hills office; and Chris Arnold, HomeServices of Nebraska Support Services office. Cinnamon Roll Contest entries include Woods Bros Realty agent Dave Boeckner and HOME agents Stacy Hartgerink and Karen Roeber.

Celebrity guest judge Matt McKay, General Manager Shannon Harner and CEO Gene Brake with Judges’ Choice winner Anna Spataro and celebrity guest judges Rod Fowler, Samantha Washington and Jay Jarvis.