Chili cooks have one thing in common: They all think their recipe is the best. We can sit around and debate the fundamentals (beans or no beans, hot or not, chicken or beef) forever, but there's really only one way to settle the score: an old-fashioned chili cook-off. By the end of the night, everyone will leave full and happy—and someone will go home with bragging rights. Decide whether you want participants to bring a finished chili dish or prepare the chili from scratch onsite. If they prepare it onsite, then the location needs must be able to handle the appropriate number of cooks. If you have the space, go for this. Watching the chefs prepare their dishes in competition with each other can be as exciting as watching a race. Choose a theme for your cook-off. You can require participants to cook Southwestern style or prepare cowboy chilis....

We have sent out flyers to our residents informing them of a food drive to help our neighbors who are hungry. When a resident comes in to our leasing office to donate Non-perishable food items their name will be entered into a drawing. The winner will win a $25.00 gift card to a local grocery store so they can purchase a turkey or items needed for their Thanksgiving DInner. All through the year and especially during the holidays we like to reach out to help those who are in need. The food will be donated to Hands of Hope/St.James Episcopal CHurch.

This year we had a carnival theme. We had games, which included me (manager) in the dunking booth, prizes for playing, food and a lot of FUN! We served corndogs, nacho's, sour pickles, lemonade, candy apples, candy, etc. At the endo of the night we gave away door prizes for attending. "Alexis Park Gives A Hoot!" - we use the OWL as our current marketing logo.

The property will but the turkey and ham and the Residents will bring a side, salad or dessert to share. This is the first time we have done something like this so we will see how it goes.

We invite our residents for a gathering, door prize(s) and gumpbo.