Aviation Explorer Squadron 8
Topeka, Kansas
Over 70 Years of Educating Youth About Aviation Careers
METAR
Chili Feed Fundraiser + Contest Sign-Up
Calling all Chili Witches, Warlocks,
Ghosts and Chili Gurus!
Fire up your crockpot! 🔥 You are invited to be 1 of 10 teams to enter your best bubbling brew of Chili in the Post 8 Haunted Hangar Chili Feed on October 24, 2026.
Conjure your best chili recipe...add mild, wild, or frightful! heat! Charm our highly trained panel of judges.*
* By highly trained, we mean guests with "bribe" best-chili vote tickets!
🏆 Prizes await top chili crews.
♥️ Your chili helps support Post 8 youth aviation programs.
Dust off a cauldron, file your chili flight plan, and join us.
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC! Team spots are limited to 10, so do not wait until they vanish into the night.
🏆 Prizes worth landing for:
1st Prize: 🥇
$50 Cash
+ $50 Gift Card to BBQ Joint
+ ✈️ Orientation Flight
Total value: $210 + bragging rights for life
2nd Prize: 🥈
(2) $25 Gift Cards = $50 (coffee chain + local buffet)
+ ✈️ Orientation Flight
Total value: $160 + bragging rights for life
3rd Prize: 🥉
(2) $20 Gift Cards = $40 (local grocery + restaurant)
+ ✈️ Orientation Flight
Total value: $150 + bragging rights for life
Yes, every prize includes an orientation flight.... even our third-place winners leave the ground.... We make this claim:
Chili literally makes you fly at Post 8. 🤣
Cooking not your thing? 🎃
We need YOUR TASTE BUDS! 🧟♀️
Come haunt the Post 8 hangar, and sample the competing chilis to decide which cauldron deserves the top prizes.
👻 Admission is an at-will donation (suggested $10, $5 kids) and includes two voting tickets to cast for your favorite chili.
If you find one chili is frighteningly good, additional voting tickets will be available for purchase. Bribing the ballot box is perfectly legal at the Haunted Chili Feed. 😈
Bring your family. Bring your appetite. Bring your highly questionable opinions about chili.
✈️ Post 8's Haunted Chili Feed
🎃 Saturday, October 24 • 11 AM–3 PM
Or until the chili cauldrons run dry!
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