Kiwanis Chili Day Remembered as Annual Northeast Tradition

Dorri Partain Managing Editor For more than 60 years, everyone in Northeast gathered at the table for bowls of All-You- Can-Eat chili to support the fundraising efforts of the Blue Valley Kiwanis Club. Long-time club member and Sheffield resident Mark Morales shared memories of those annual dinners with The Northeast News, remembering the event was always scheduled to take place on the Thursday before Thanksgiving at the Blue Valley Salvation Army, 6618 Truman Rd. The day before the dinner, members would cook the ground beef and prepare other ingredients in the building’s industrial kitchen and set up tables in the gymnasium. Member Joe Vigliaturo, once affiliated with the Milgram’s grocery chain, gathered food donations from area businesses prior to the event and handled delivery of all the takeout orders during.

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