The Wapakoneta Service Club held their annual Chili Day to raise money for scholarships.
Members from the service club started cooking chili as early as 8 a.m. Thursday morning in order to meet the high demand that the annual project brings. All proceeds will go towards helping speech and hearing projects, such as scholarships for those who are pursuing degrees, as well as helping the local community.
"Our goal is to give back to the community, so each year we find ways to do that," explained Aaron Rex, Wapakoneta Service Club president. "We have a car show, we have the chili day, we just get involved in different fundraisers and raise that money and give it back to help kids that may need speech or hearing therapies. We've done things like purchase iPads for our kids at the school so they can work with their teachers, we do a summer program where we raise money and help kids learn over the summer with speech and hearing issues and so it just increases the number of kids that can get help."
The event was held until 7 p.m. or until all chili was sold.
