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| Written by Aaron Cedeño | |||
| Wednesday, 23 December 2009 08:00 | |||
How does one go about judging the quality of a meal?  That is a question without a single definitive answer, but in Beverly Steger’s mind, if people are bringing in gallon-sized plastic containers to lay claim to leftovers, it’s a pretty safe bet that the food is good. And in the case of the Louisburg Lions Club’s annual chili and soup supper, she said, the food is not merely good. It’s great. “You can’t imagine when everybody makes a different kind of chili and you put it all together,” said Steger, a longtime Lions Club member and director of Louisburg Senior Center. “It’s always delicious. We’ve never had a bad batch.” The chili supper is one of the club’s most beloved traditions, president Dave Maddax said. The organization founded the event years ago, back when the city’s Christmas celebration still took place on Broadway Street. As families visited Santa Claus, they would wander over to Fox Hall for a bowl of homemade chili and dessert, with all proceeds going to fund the Lions Club’s charitable efforts within the community. United Methodist Church used to put on a similar event, Maddax said, and when it decided to stop, the Lions Club took up the mantle. Today, the chili feed is an event both the community at-large and club members look forward to each year. On Saturday night, a steady stream of residents stopped by Louisburg Senior Center — where the event moved after the annual Christmas celebration left downtown in favor of Ron Weers Park — to enjoy the food, live entertainment and an all-around good time. Typically, any money raised goes directly to the Lions Club, but things worked a little differently this year. “Someone mentioned at one of the meetings ‘Why don’t we do it for Drake Renner?’” Maddax said, speaking of the Louisburg youth who underwent unexpected heart surgery in September for a narrowing of the aorta. “We saw it in the paper, and everybody said ‘Yeah, let’s do it.’ ” The family was “stunned,” and the Lions Club was happy to help. When medical bills are piling up, every little bit of assistance is important. Drake’s case is a special one, Maddax said, but the value of the chili supper typically extends far beyond merely the money the club is able to raise. It’s about giving the community a chance to come together. And with the holidays close at hand, what message could be better? “I think we do it more as a benefit for the community,” Steger said. “That’s what I really think it started as, instead of a fund-raiser.”
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